Originally Posted by
Numero Crunchero
Don't let the paranoia take over guys!
Well it is not that easy. There are people with less than two years seniority applying for and getting upgrades on the 747-400 freighter. Meanwhile there are plenty who are not getting given courses who a far more senior and equally experienced. Explain that.
The same is happening on the Classic fleet. There are some very junior officers getting command courses. However the pass rate on the classic is by far the worst in the company. The year on year average is less than 40% pass rate. I wouid not be surprised at all if FOs were doing their first course here in the left seat. I would also not be suprised if the pass rate for those individuals mirrored the fleet average. There are also no guarentees that when you have served your 8-10 years (a figure I agree with) you will be allowed to transfer immediately.
However the classic's days are numbered. Not sure if they will get another ten years out of them. You never know though, they said that ten years ago. It all depends on airframe availability, global economy, price of tea in .......well you get the picture.
Makes you think about leaving a job to come to the classic.
Besides, you are not really paranoid if someone is always after you !
Happy hill burning festival !