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Old 11th April 2007 | 04:46
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Rice Pudding
 
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CX RPIC no longer a requirement

It amuses me that since the airline have entered a period of large expansion coincident with a pilot shortage that the command pass rate has increased significantly, and they are slowly doing away with the qualification and experience requirements that they are now finding to be quite restrictive.

They are now so short on crew that getting sufficient RPIC pilots to crew the freighters has become a problem. As from May 1st they are doing away with the RPIC requirement, and all new First Officers will be able to perform the duty - which up until now required an intensive training programme and more than a year on type.

It's interesting to watch the supply / Demand forces at work.
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