Originally Posted by
FlewNavy
I don't think this is a thing for basic indoc.... yes- the company will force someone onto the 787 if it is the last thing available - just like they have forced countless others onto the 756 which also does long haul international work.
Originally Posted by
dingdong
I don't remember any "dry-run" on day one.
What I remember is the instructors saying "You get what you get, and you don't get upset. If you don't like what you got, the door is over there".
FlewNavy, Dingdong, thanks for the update. I guess that was (now) long ago practice. I guess I haven't followed what happens during indoc for longer than I thought.
Originally Posted by
TankerPatch
FWIW, I’m quite sure there are WB Captains flying with FOs who could be their parents. I have an Indoc start date, but haven’t started yet…and one of my Indoc classmates was born a year and a half after I graduated college. I’m not even the oldest guy in the class.
Many of the FOs I fly with on Fifi are younger than my kids.