Originally Posted by
SaltyDog
Simple really. We still have supervisors 'managers' whose job is to check FE's. How would they justify their jobs to ATL if there no longer was a written requirment requiring there services by oncoming pilots? So you are helping preserve jobs until no DC-8's are left <ng>, that is all. BTW, I was working as an F/O at a 121 carrier and was hired 2 years after my FE written expired. HR said I did not need to retake the written, FSDO just validated it upon my arrival to train as an S/O. I think they would still accept that, the software likely does not recognize this condition. Would have to track down someone in HR for the most recent 'policy'.
Makes sense, because looking at the UPS new hire training history in an earlier post, there were no new hire engineers trained the past several years. Are some of the current engineers seat locked with pay protection while new hires go straight to F/O seats in order to save training costs?