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Old 2nd August 2025 | 06:49
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bda321
 
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What difference does it make? With the seniority clock ticking and nobody knowing when the next downturn will be, that could be an expensive decision.

There is still a hell of a lot of learning that will have to be done, some of it familiar, a hell of a lot of it won’t be though. Plus, BA at least trust you to truly be PF from blocks off to blocks on, to taxi (not something 737, ATR, dash 8 guys got to do), they trust you enough to manage the throttles throughout the takeoff roll etc. They treat you like an adult and give you responsibility that many short haul ops don’t. So yes the hands on landings and approaches will decrease, but you’ll get a lot more out of it in other ways and learn about certain ops and things you’ve never seen before. Besides, if you like landing that much, bid for the 2 crew trips, there are no shortage and you’ll always get a landing.
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