Originally Posted by
cabsav
Is this a change in thinking for airlines now.
I'm afraid more likely it is just admitting the usual sources of DECs have dried up. We'll be back to good old MRJT chauvinism when the supply becomes commensurate with demand.
Incidentally, XQ has been running left seat Q400 to left seat B738 program for quite a few years now, with no RHS "internship" and full pay from day one. Some of ex-big turboprop operator skippers spent a couple of years there before going to Jet2 or RYR as TRDECs.