Originally Posted by
RedeyeAV8r
Tony do really have to ask that? Remember when the FPA was trying to fight the Common Type rating thing?
FedEx almost got the program 100% their way. If that had happend, a student would not even have got the 3 and 3.
FPA wasn't so much against the Common Type as it was with the FedEx training program and the scheduling. There were many at that time who thought the MD-10 should have been a separate Bid Pack(at least for the initial few years).....i.e. MD10 Domestic and MD-11 Intl.
You and I both know the Cockpits and A/C are pretty much the same........except start switches, ...
.......I know I left out about another 80 things but other than that the aircraft are pretty much the same.......
The point of my question about 3 & 3 is the same as the point you're making. The airplanes are NOT the same, despite the claims.
Since you mentioned FPA... the protests presented by the FPA regarding the common type rating for the MD-10 approached the issue from two fronts: Safety and Scheduling. The loudest protests were concerning scheduling, and they made us look like a bunch of whiners. It's not surprising then that the legitimate safety concerns we raised were ignored. We had lost our credibility.
Now we have a track record of accidents to support the claims. Tragic.
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