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07-28-2020, 06:06 AM
#2381
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: FAA 'Flight Check'
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Originally Posted by sounddoc
Preflight, clearance, atis, catering (n.b. not serving). Captain does flight planning, communication with the company, takes final responsibility for oopsies and acts as a "supervisor" of sorts (not what it sounds like). Everything else is pretty much shared. It's industry standard stuff. We look at first officers as captains in training. Upgrades can happen fast if your head's in the game.
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Are you not on stereo routes between regularly scheduled stops?
07-28-2020, 06:42 AM
#2383
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Position: FAA 'Flight Check'
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Originally Posted by tanker
Routes are not canned per say but Captains normally chose what is previously in FltPlan.com with some modifications.
07-28-2020, 08:32 AM
#2384
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Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 282
Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
I don't have any experience in that type of flying, but that surprises me that you don't have pre-planned routes between regular stops. Thanks for the information.
07-28-2020, 09:49 AM
#2385
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Joined APC: Dec 2019
Posts: 146
Originally Posted by UnbeatenPath
That would require more staff just to plan those. Fltplan.com is easy to use and takes hardly any time. Also the destinations change so much that it wouldn't matter. The first year I was there I hit over 100 different airports
07-28-2020, 03:05 PM
#2387
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Joined APC: Aug 2013
Position: FO
Posts: 627
Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
What are the FO's other duties besides flying?
“Coffee, ice, papers, I’ll get the clearance.” My favorite words when flying as the FO and getting paid as a Captain.
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07-28-2020, 03:08 PM
#2388
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Position: Pilatus PIC
Posts: 47
Originally Posted by Toonces
“Coffee, ice, papers, I’ll get the clearance.” My favorite words when flying as the FO and getting paid as a Captain.
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07-28-2020, 03:42 PM
#2390
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Originally Posted by Toonces
“Coffee, ice, papers, I’ll get the clearance.” My favorite words when flying as the FO and getting paid as a Captain.
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