Originally Posted by
minitour
What about our passenger operation that is conducted single pilot, but we hire and pay an "SIC" to sit in the right seat anyway?
No one is required to be there, so that makes buying that seat okay?
-mini
So, I'm supposed to answer a hypothetical with a hypothetical? Why do they have that FO there anyway (insurance reasons maybe)? If that's the case, how would having a paying FO lower insurance costs?
Did it ever occur to you that paying FO's are considered a liability? For that matter, to respond to the other post, do you realize that ours is not the only profession where student workers pay their mentors for the sake of liability?