Originally Posted by
Jwscud
Thanks all - similarly all I found was a requirement for individuals conducting line checks &c to be nominated and listed in OM D and for them to receive CRM/EBT training depending on the type of checking the operator uses. Found similar AMCs via Google.
Seems odd that there are no real external requirements for such a widely used position.
As You’ve posted EASA “regulates” Line check captains to make it cheaper for airlines to run line checks. By some kind of strange interpretation the same applies to LTCs who are also more or less trained for LIFUS. This all thing became widely used by low cost operators. Imagine the difference in costs between training an LTC with a 2/3 days course including sim and a few line flights under supervision and a TRI who has to go through the whole course, get an AOC in the SIM and an AOC in the aircraft, plus you get an official instructor rating so if you dump your airline shortly afterwards then you got a rating for free. Bottom line is: make it cheap, make it fast, in the end you’re only putting a 200 hours cadet with a line captain who got an 8 hours classroom training and a 4 hour sim session in intervention training. It’s all ok.