Stuck in an ATR? Perhaps rightfully so?
Dear Wizzkid, First of all, thank you for your interest in my career. Actually my ATR time has been a great experience and I can only recommend it to all whizz-kids that go straight from a Cessna to the A320 - they might actually learn to fly a real aircraft and think - not just "manage" everything. It would also serve them well to toughen up a bit...
Coming back to the subject of online training. You can't obviously do it while flying, right? So, if the company assigns you an e-training day, they either have to take one of your days off, or de-roster you from a day flying (which means you lose flight pay). Does it really matter if your roster says "OFF", or "e-training"? The bottom line is that you have to seat on your ass once a year for a couple of hours and do it .
Whether you should be paid extra for this, that'a another story (I wouldn't mind), but I guess few companies do...
Good luck with your "first world" career...