Originally Posted by
Airhoss
It's just not worth it to me. There are more than a fair share of crashes due to the unusual stuff that happens on these flights and lets face it other than the sim once a year we NEVER get to practice this stuff in real life. How often have any of you guys taken an airliner to the shaker or auto throttle wake up or alpha lock? Hopefully never.
A good chunk of the pilot group has experience doing those or similar things as post maintenance check flight pilots. Yes, it's a PITA and would require a specific qual and training, but there are plenty of pilots on our list who have experience doing similar flights, and some would do it again if the price was right.
They should have an ALPA number and a seniority number.
Exactly.