Originally Posted by
Wee Weasley Welshman
Now that I have been one for 7 years and a Skipper for 2 I now fly with Modular and Integrated first officers. I have taught at both small schools and one of the big three and have mates who have done the same.
Its bollocks.
An integrated student knows diddly squat what a modular student does.
Bottom line.
Fact.
Cheers
WWW
A question, just for my own edification: at what point does an FO stop being a modular FO or integrated FO and progress to being an FO? The thing is, I've never seen the distinction noted in either of the airlines I've worked for and I'm wondering if I'm missing a trick here.
In Fact, does the distinction still apply once you've made command? Is it something we need to get clear in the briefing room if we haven't flown together before?
The simple fact, whilst I appreciate your experience, is that views like this are just a simplistic aviation form of class antagonism. Whether someone is a pi$$poor pilot owes more to the individual than whether they trained integrated or modular, have a civilian or military background or whatever else you may chose as your particular bete noir. Perhaps it'd be better if we judged an individual on their merits rather than if their path to work next to us differs from our own.