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dracir1 04-07-2023 11:45 AM


Originally Posted by Xdashdriver (Post 3617144)
No, the position currently being hired for is not a contractor position, it's a full time employee position. They bid on schedules which all have 16 events on them. Instructors are based in either DEN and MCO, no living out of hotels. Schedules all based on seniority which is based on instructor class date. Worst schedules typically go to the most junior instructor, whether that's a line pilot or non-seniority list instructor.

Good info. What would be more helpful is a comparison to sim instructor positions at other airlines (of which I have no idea about)…

Xdashdriver 04-07-2023 05:37 PM


Originally Posted by dracir1 (Post 3620484)
Good info. What would be more helpful is a comparison to sim instructor positions at other airlines (of which I have no idea about)…

According to several of the new instructors I've talked to, we're now paying more than a couple of the other airlines (SWA, JBU for example), and quite a bit more than some of the non-airline sim outfits, with more time off and better schedule flexibility. I would imagine the landscape is changing quickly though across the board.

tailendcharlie 04-08-2023 10:29 AM

Thanks for all the good info…

F9320 Driver 04-19-2023 01:08 PM

I just overheard they were going to make SC an ES DPE’s. Anyone else heard anything about this?

JoeFever1 04-19-2023 01:36 PM


Originally Posted by F9320 Driver (Post 3626547)
I just overheard they were going to make SC an ES DPE’s. Anyone else heard anything about this?

What’s an ES DPE? I also heard they hired a BCP and it’s real bad. Not ES but no idea who

fcoolaiddrinker 04-19-2023 04:17 PM


Originally Posted by JoeFever1 (Post 3626564)
What’s an ES DPE? I also heard they hired a BCP and it’s real bad. Not ES but no idea who


designated pilot examiner.

JoeFever1 04-19-2023 04:23 PM


Originally Posted by fcoolaiddrinker (Post 3626630)
designated pilot examiners.

Well yea I know what a DPE is just not an ES DPE. And has SC even been an instructor?

fcoolaiddrinker 04-19-2023 04:37 PM


Originally Posted by JoeFever1 (Post 3626632)
Well yea I know what a DPE is just not an ES DPE. And has SC even been an instructor?

I'm guessing es is a persons initials and the poster forgot the d in the word and.

JoeFever1 04-19-2023 04:43 PM


Originally Posted by fcoolaiddrinker (Post 3626641)
I'm guessing es is a persons initials and the poster forgot the d in the word and.

Oh lol ES. Yea got it. Well sorry for everyone reading, 2 min of your life you’ll never get back.

Xdashdriver 04-19-2023 06:40 PM

I think we’ve got some acronyms mixed up here. A couple of the Chiefs are going through LCA training. DPEs don’t exist at the airlines…we have APDs. Sort of similar in some ways to a DPE but different.


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