Second Officers
Hi,
This is my first post around here so I hope I am in the right forum.
I am interested to hear people's opinions on Second Officer time these days. I realize in the past this used to be a good path to follow but with the elimination of the 3rd crew member it is becoming rare.
The reason I ask is because for the last two years I have done about 1000hrs in front of the f/e panel as an SO in a 727 flying in both Europe and North America. (With a couple hundred hours of instructing before this). I am curious to see what employers in Europe would think of this time. After doing some research on this site and others it seems multi-crew time would be quite valuable. I realize the industry isn't in the best state right now but hopefully it will pick up soon and I would like to be able to take advantage of this experience. Unfortunately where I am (Canada) if it isn't straight flying time it is pretty much deemed to be useless.
So, if anyone has any opinions (or if anyone has followed this route as well in Europe) I would be interested in hearing from you.
Thank you,