Originally Posted by higney85

Yes, there will be LOFT's. From my understanding a CA will have 1 LOFT and 1PC every 6 months in a LOFT,PC,LOFT,PC rotation. So back to the way it used to be of CA's only having 1 PC per year but get training in the sim every 6 months. From the conference call with MG it appears that FO's will do the same but (at least to start) I am gathering we will still only go every 12 months to the sim. PC every other Sim. I personally would like to see FO's and CA's on the same 6 month schedule. LOFT's are great and I would prefer a PC every year, as compared to 2. I know it seems nuts but we are just doing our job- there is plenty of rust after 1 year with V1 cuts, steep turns, etc (things we don't typically do on the line). Every 2 years would be a little too long between for me. Thats just opinion...


Here is the big issue with all this.
The Union 100% supports LOFTS, The company 100% supports LOFTS, The vast majority of pilots want LOFTS, The company wants to use "pro-instructors" to do a "LINE ORIENTED FLIGHT EXPERIENCE"... BUT THEY DON'T FLY THE LINE and while the company says its not a Jeopardy event, it is required (the training is required) by the FAA for 121 ops. So if it's required training, it needs to be done by a current line-flying check airman. That is where the issue lies- Pro-instructors vs. Check Airman.

LOFT will be much like your first (and possibly only so far for new guys) that was done after your FO checkride.