DAL 767ER NYC Question

[Capt. Caucasian]

Sorry for the thread drift, but I have to ask. Y'all do a full IOE (25hrs) domestically, then go back to the school house for ETOPS training, and then do a Trans-Atlantic flight to finish up and get on line? What a novel idea!

We do all of it at once and the trans-atlantic flight counts towards initial IOE. My IOE consisted of a EWR-Europe trip and two domestic turns. Six legs total.

I like your way better.

Not exactly. Forty hours (thats 40) of domestic IOE. Then back to the school house for two days of LRN (long range nav) which includes one FTD and one sim. Next, we go off on two TOEs (trans-oceanic OE) which consists of four ocean crossings. Then, and only then, do we hit the line.