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It's probably because the general standard of students coming out of CTC and OAA are of sufficient high quality to be able to move directly into the right seat of a Jet.
Expectations aside its the ability of a cadet that gets him or her into that seat.
The selection criteria and tests weed out those who are not ready, or who are ill prepared.
Why should a recent fATPL have to go through the progression from Air Taxi, Regional carrier to Airline."
What a load of tosh. A brand new fATPL holder knows jack !!!!!. Theyre there for the pure and simple reason that theyre cheap. Like everything in life, money is the way of the world.
I remember the first time I flew right seat in a King Air, shortly after gaining my fATPL - The learning curve went so steap I honestly thought I was a hinderence to the poor guy sitting next to me. Plonked in the right seat of a jet at 3 times the speed, god knows what kind of liability I would have posed!
