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That was true of many flight engineers I saw attempt upgrade.

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Pan Am had such a tough time with long time FE's upgrading that they gave them X (10? 50?) hours of SEL time to get used to flying again. Back in the 1980's AA had some guys that had been FE's or 13 yrs, or longer, before they got their FO upgrade. The longest span I heard was 17 years. Some guys hadn't flown in years and struggled in their upgrade to FO.