Flying whilst holding?

[countdeblades]

Just had a thought about all those holding officers. How easy is it for them to get holding jobs that entail flying such as AEF? Could any service pilot request such a posting? After all it would be on an aircraft that they had already qualified on. So many questions, so little time!

[PO Urquoi]

Won't happen - too many retired Air Officers and Group Captains use this organisation to get in a few flying hours.

[The_Captain]

Seems like a no brainer. What could possible go wrong!

[In thrust i trust]

You can fly in the AEF if you have passed linton on ouse with a recommend, or a front line pilot like those nimrod co pilots who are waiting for new postings, must be great going back to fly a tutor with all that experienced gained in training and on front line.

[countdeblades]

Yeah, I was thinking about all those front line guys that don't have a seat any more. Would be a great shame for them, and us, if they ended up flying a desk.

[In thrust i trust]

Yeah after all that money spent on them and years training and flying to end up on a desk must suck..unless they deserve it that is..

[countdeblades]

ITIT, are you telling me that it is possible that a qualified co pilot on the mighty hunter returning to the tutor may not cut the mustard? Is that possible?

[BEagle]

No, it would be highly unlikely. Unless, that is, the prospective Teutor driver was deemed a supervisory risk.

Of course it wasn't all that long ago when there were quite a few UAS QFI slots, which the co-pilots could have filled after a CFS course. But since the UASs were dumbed down to Kraft duch Freude organisations with little flying, most of the pilots are FTRS retirees giving air experience flights, I gather.

There seems an obvious solution to that.....:\

[In thrust i trust]

Beagle...is it possible for a qualified front line pilot to be a supervisory risk on a tutor after ALL that training...especially in the AEF where the flying has very restrictive rules in force to protect the cadets (ie..no flying in cloud, sectors etc)...

[Pontius Navigator]

ITIT, a bit TiC, but yes. We had a co who left early, got a METS refresher for goodness sake en route to civil aviation. Flying down the Minches he spies a submarine. Without a word to the QFI he is round like a ferret in a pit after said submarine.

[Uncle Ginsters]

most of the pilots are FTRS retirees giving air experience flights, I gather.

There seems an obvious solution to that.....

I dared broach that very question with manning recently in light of the number of ME pilots either without a seat or without sufficient hours.

Somehow, it seems, the FTRS posts are being protected from quite a long way up!

[countdeblades]

Pontius, do you know if he managed to get the bomb doors open...!