Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
What’s even more ridiculous is the fact that you have check airman on the widebodies who can’t even hold the seat. They’re in a seat they can’t hold and fly the best trips. Amazing scam.
The only thing I wonder is how AA would have enough check pilots for the WB when the average CA age is over 62?
I don’t know a solution, but I feel like having a highly inexperienced check pilot cadre vs ckps who can get 10+ years on the equipment is a trade off. Plus for many WB CAs, they want to coast out their final year or two not teaching IOE or going to the sim but enjoying aperol spritz’s in Barcelona. Can’t blame them.
I realize many of the WB CAs were WB FOs but how many just rode FB until their currency expired, etc?
Like I said I don’t know how to fix it, but I don’t see how they could have a full cadre of CKPs from the pool of existing WB CAs. Some? Definitely. All? I’m not sure.