Thank you again hueyracer.
The left-left-right-right is about where we had got to with it. The problem is then making sure that the 6 monthly OPC is done in the pilot's normally occupied seat, because all our OPCs are combined with LPCs.
Although from the reference TeeS has kindly given, it sounds like combining every OPC/LPC wouldn't be possible under EASA without agreeing alternative means of compliance.
Thank you Mustapha Cuppa. Appendix 1 to JAR-OPS 3.968 is mostly aligned with what we have in our regs. I don't see the "o
nce every 12 months" requirement, either in Appendix 1 or any AMC, so I guess that's a new one for EASA?
No, there are no EC155s around here!
Which brings us back to the intention behind this requirement (to change seats on alternate checks).
Interpretation 1: it only applies to LTC/TRI/TRE, or captains who need to fly from the left seat for a specific operational reason e.g. long line. In all these cases, the pilot is acting as commander of the flight, but from the left seat.
Interpretation 2: it applies to anyone who finds themselves flying in either seat for whatever reason. This would include a captain who happens to be flying in the left seat, as a copilot, for another captain.
Do we have a consensus on which interpretation is correct under EASA?