Switching cockpits
Hi,
Please pardon me if the thread is incorrectly placed, though I thought I would get best views on the subject here.
This is about the requirements of switching cockpits as captain of production helicopters/airplanes for customer based operations.
Notwithstanding the requirements of regulatory authorities on the subject, I feel that in addition to basic requirements of safe aircraft handling, dealing with aircraft emergency situations, adapting to the 'new' cockpit for achieving adequate situational awareness needs to be considered.
A safe bet may be avoiding flying more than one cockpit in a 24 hour cycle, assuming that the pilot is cleared as first pilot on all types under discussion.
Understandably other factors like pilot competency, type of operation, multi-crew cockpit would influence the subject, but reasonable assumptions may be made for posting comments that may be supported by opinions of respective regulatory authorities.
Thanks