Current training footprint
#11
That/It/Thang
Joined APC: Aug 2020
Posts: 2,954
My first upgrade (few decades ago, and an ocean away), 20 legs minimum with an LCA in the right seat, followed by 20 legs minimum with LCA on the JS and a (regular) FO in the right seat. Maybe overkill, but I think the 7 legs of CA OE I got here might not have been enough if I didn't have pervious experience as a Captain. IOE for FOs was 40 legs minimum.
#12
Yup. Up and downs, up and downs, wash rinse and repeat. Best way to learn the plane. Sitting at cruise discussing crap is a waste of time for new hires. But instructors like those east out and backs. Counterproductive when you consider the purpose of the training flight is for the newhire, not the instructor wanting to be home for dinner.
#13
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2020
Posts: 498
Yup. Instructor pilots love to have training “block out” day turns to be used for IOE vs 4 day trips. It’s ridiculous. New FOs on property should be doing multi leg up and downs to get some experience going, not sitting in cruise for 3 hours to LGA going through their folder and getting 1 landing a day.
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