Originally Posted by
pitchattitude
This is a VERY new thing. Honestly so far outside the box from anything Envoy has done. Currently, all captains are required to do right seat familiarization during recurrent. FOs are not a limiting factor right now but there is as far as I know no means of captains picking up on the FO side. As far as those captain qualified FOs go, I would say the same is true. But if you want to fly as a captain then you need to bid as a captain. Not going to be able to pick and choose.
I’ve always wondered what would happen if I sent an RF request for an FO seat. I mean, the form asks what seat so it must mean I
can pick it up
in theory. And if I was awarded it, would I get captain pay? FO pay? How would premium credit be applied? So many questions…
But I don’t want to fly right seat. So I don’t test the waters.