Co-pilot type ratings.

[HawkerF/O]

I think that the squawking comes from 3rd rate operators that do believe in training their SIC's. I have worked for operators that feel that an in-house ground school and 3 bounces and you set is an OK program. Yea right ...

EXACTLY!!! Let's take $$ out of the picture. My goodness, you are flying a peice of jet equipment; YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE BILLS!!!!!!!!! It's disgusting to see a decent operator doing this to their pilots. It's usually some egotistical jerk of a chief pilot that says no. If the boss knows that you are now technically qualified to do the job of the chief pilot, the CP will know that if he gets his a#@ canned, the operation will not come to a hault. From the things I have been a part of, the principle usually does not know enough about aviation to understand what is happening, and I have seen that happen, then the F/O quits for what ever reason, the principle calls his to ask what happened, and he explains in detail exactly what happened, and now the CP is in hot water, and rightfully so. On the other hand, you have operators that hire the low time guy, get him a Credit Card on day 1, and on day 2 he is in PIC school on his way to getting a type. That is how it should be done. For me, I would personally send a guy to SIC school if his jet time is minimal, and have him in the right seat for the 1st 100 hours learning. It amazing what you pick up just doing the job of a real F/O, not just talking on the radios. At 3 months, back to recurrent for 4 or 5 days, and now you are flying dead legs every chance possible. At 6 months, back to recurrent where you'll get typed. Walk out of there with your type and come home to more right seat work and dead leg flying. Start flying live legs as YOU and I, not just You or I feel comfortable. Nothing wrong with giving a guy a break, but so many EGO ladden pilots do not want anyone to get ahead.

 

[JediNein]

EXACTLY!!! Let's take $$ out of the picture. My goodness, you are flying a peice of jet equipment; YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE BILLS!!!!!!!!!

I know some that refuse to provide a second hotel room for their crew. It might cost 'em another 19.00 in a deductible expense.

I do wonder why the FAA is trying so hard to catch up with the rest of the world when we have more (and safer!) aviation occurring within our borders than the rest of the world.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[Lead Sled]

What about those bottom feeders that offer blocks of "copilot" time for so many $$$ an hour? Kind'a like PFT taken to a new low.

'Sled