Originally Posted by
WHBM
Perfectly possible. Train the training captains first, let them have some real, non-sim experience of it on test flights, all to a plan, start revenue flights with two captains, then progressively have them train the FO's, starting with the experienced ones. It's not hard to come up with that. Isn't devising this sort of transition what the role of Chief Pilot is all about ?
These days the roll of the Chief Pilot is to get the program flown at minimum cost. The will design a program that meets the minimum legal standards and if they think it necessary a bit above that. Training Captains off line flying non revenue flights is way beyond what’s going to happen unless it’s legally mandated.