Originally Posted by
pitchattitude
This is valid. And your age and wisdom is showing. Once you get back into things and start getting comfortable with the plane and operation you’ll likely want to hop over to the left seat. The problem is that Envoy is desperate for bodies, especially captains and started displacing to, or forcing upgrade to, captain. You probably won’t get a chance to wait.
Honest question: Any thoughts on how a (potential) DEC might approach the "credibility" gap between him/herself... (if he/she is just getting back into 121)... when flying with a super-sharp FO that (very likely) knows more about the operation, more about the airports, and more about recent changes to how things are now being done in the regional environment?
Asked another way: I can't even imagine how frustrating it might be for someone sitting in the right-seat to have to deal with a DEC that is (relatively speaking) behind the power curve on some of the airline-specific ground and administrative stuff... so yes, in all sincerity, any thoughts or suggestions on how to approach this would be most welcome!