Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
There are various levels of "captain" and based on days at sea and equipment operated. It goes by tonnage.... all the way up to the "unlimited tonnage" license.
Isn't this the was licensing worked in the late 40s until the end of the CAA and transition to FAA?
I remember talking to B-29 vets who said that all the airlines were after them back in the day after WWII because they had the military equivalents of "unlimited" civilian licenses. One of them (who last I know lived in Montana) didn't fly a single minute after the end of the war and had to keep turning offers down into the 50s.