Looks like this old intergrated Vs modular debate is going to be expanded to encompass a third upstart youngster soon. Anyone see the article in this week's Flight International? The powers that be have approved a new course format for going 0 to RHS of a multi-crew aircraft. It says courses are due to start in 2006 and the main points were:
-qualifies you for multi-crew only
-lots more sim time, much less hands-on
-supposed to be cheaper and quicker
Anyone care to speculate on what this might mean? I haven't seen any costs (they didn't say), and it's over a year off. I wonder if anyone with the luxury of time (not me!) might decide to hold off a year or so for this?