Hmm, two conflicting answers - not what I was expecting!
Sam, if F/E is "not a career entry level position", then who becomes a F/E? Would someone set out to be a F/E? Or is it more like a step on the route to long-haul pilot, maybe after spending a while on smaller aircraft, doing short-haul stuff? What would one have typically done before becoming a F/E? F/O? Captain of smaller aircraft?
I realise, by the way, that there are very few F/E positions around any more. I should probably use past tense (e.g. "Who would have become a F/E") but I'm reluctant to do so because I know there are still a few F/Es out there who do an excellent job...
Sam/TR4A (nice car, btw...) - are you able to say which airlines your information comes from? I'm interested in why there's the difference of opinion - is it just a cultural difference between the US and other parts of the world?
Thanks for your replies,
FFF
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