Reserve at your company.

[chqflyer]

Republic. They pull all sorts of crazy stuff over here just to get the meat in the seats.

 

[ASACRJFlyer]

XJT tried slipping that little gem into the failed TA's language (CPT's could fly up to 20 hours per month in the right seat) and it was one of many reasons the TA failed so miserably. Let's just hope they pull that kernel from the next turd of a TA and fix the loose language and other shortcomings or they'll get another rejection from us.

 

[248to2.8]

We used to have to do it here at Compass. We would have new CA never getting off high mins because they were only flown as FO's. Then the FAA shut that practice down since it wasn't safe in their opinion about 4-5 years ago.

 

[dojetdriver]

Does not mean you're "current" in that seat necessarily. Be careful. In the 121 world; OpSpec/airline-approved-training program dependent..you are only qualified in the seat in which you were last checked (PC) & for that duration of currency. For example- If you are a CA and have not had seat-dependent training in the sim for over a year..you are probably not qualified to fly from the right-seat.

Nope, L-XJT has been doing it for years. Apparently, it DOESN'T matter how long you were out of the right seat, you were STILL "qualified" in the right seat according to them. Wasn't till only recently did they start having CA's do right seat work on the yearly AQP.

In a perfect world--- even if you ARE Rt-seat qualed and haven't flown in that seat for a LOONNG time; you should be able to cite "safety of flight" and say you're not comfortable doing it...and that should be that. Like someone said: CAs should be CAs/FOs should be F/Os. Period. they need to hire enough F-Ing pilots!

I made this argument, with a safety rep in fact. He didn't see it that way. "If you refuse, there will be consequences" was the response. No sh1t, one of those was me ASAP'ing it.

 

[wms]

LASA doesn't fly CAs in the right seat, but I can tell you that you have to be checked annually in order to fly from that seat. Ask any check airman how strict the company is about right seat qualification.