Originally Posted by
Beer30
Also surprised Southwest pilots aren’t filling these positions. Even the regional I was at had line pilots or check airman doing all instruction. Why is instructing so often farmed out or looked at as a stepping stone at many airlines? Seems strange to me, during sim sessions I would want an instructor I could ask how certain things look or happen on the line.
Money. Decades ago SWAPA allowed non-seniority list instructors. There was never an issue finding instructors to work for less money than line pilots until this year.
SWAPA pilots are filling in on certain events. However, pilots are scoped from operating a full motion simulator unless they are a check airman...and a check airmen is big money and we don't have enough of those either.