Such aggression!
My, my, Mad Jock you are an aggressive person! "Red thats utter rubbish.."
Quote "Normally they come out of type rating then get given to a line training captains until they are up to standard. Then they are let loose with normal line pilots."
Your statement is quite true but leaves out the Safety Pilot bit.
My experience with a legacy carrier (B747 & L1011) is that with a brand new type rating the newly qualified F/O flies around 10 sectors with a Training Captain, but with a Safety Pilot in the jump seat - just in case the Training Captain turns his toes up.
The Safety pilot is then dispensed with and the F/O continues his line training with the Line Training Captain, as you described.
I can tell you that if the Training Captain became incapacitated on the first few sectors without the Safety Pilot, things would become very exciting!!. Most F/Os with previous experience would be able to handle it, but a 250 hour ex cadet or even worse a MPL holder, I seriously doubt it.
Last edited by FERetd; 27th Mar 2013 at 21:11.