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Old 12th Sep 2010, 10:26
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Just to clarify and I am not defending Mr Safety. However, under the FAA system a F/O is not PIC type rated they are SIC type rated. Previously they were not typed at all and the reason why was they never went through a command course on the airplane so they wouldn't receive a PIC type rating. The american first officers still go through a 6 week course on the aircraft to be flown and are held to the same standards as the captains but they are exempt from doing a flapless landing and performing a rapid decompresion as the flying pilot and they are not given any command leadership training. This is not meant to defend Mr. Safety. It is to clarify the first officer program in the US. The F/O's get a SIC type rating now. Anyways, the saftey culture brings cause for many concerns within the pilot group and unfortunately a lack of trust. Trust is vital to any safety program.
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