Originally Posted by
2StgTurbine
The OP is looking for a 91/135 job when they are furloughed. Odds are they will not end up in a gig like yours. They will probably be at an entry level corporate gig. That area is still the wild west. When my 135 company would send me to recurrent, I was nearly always paired up with another pilot from a different company. Besides the fact the my company didn't see how you can't work as a crew using two different sets of SOPs, I still remember a debate with a very experienced 91 guy who didn't want to fly the engine out procedure during a V1 cut because it conflicted with our SID. He also shut down our good engine because he failed to have me verify the fuel control. According to him, at his company the pilot performing the checklist is the one who is supposed to verify.
Most people who end up at quality 91 and 135 jobs don't transfer over to 121. It's usually the pilots from entry level 91 135 companies that move over to 121. Some of them end up struggling in training trying to break bad habits or learn new concepts. Anyone who is part of the Private Jet Pilot FB group will know what I'm talking about. About once a week someone has a question that they should have known the answer to before they ever got their ATP.
Entry level 135 is where they may end up....but that isn’t where they think they are owed.
This is why PPW has blown up over this subject. A furloughed airline pilot isn’t owed a corporate gig as his or her fallback.
They are swimming in a very different pond and not one they really want to swim in.
Regarding the training....121 is beyond anal with the dumbest of things. And 91/135 training can be a box checking event We as check airmen must continue to push 91/135 operators to display knowledge/skills/understanding more often.
There are many 91, 135 and 121 operators who fly by the seat of their pants and couldn’t tell you a memory item or limitation to save themselves. We must all hold ourselves to a higher standard.