"I love flying with you, {Mr. check airman}, I always learn so much
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... Was it believable?
Look, the guys we all want to be check airmen never want the job. It should be relaxed guys with nothing to prove and 20 years on type, but in my career, it always seems to attract the guys that no one wants to fly with, who aren't very proficient sticks. Sure, they are miles ahead when quoting regs, and obscure facts about systems, but you need to ask yourself if you want to be grouped with that kettle of fish?
Being a training captain at a really small outfit may help you get your next job, but only at a medium company that can't retain people in the training department. Here again, do you want this?
"Regular guys doing their job"??? Not a chance! "Your job" is to fly these really cool airplanes 70-80 hours a month! Leave the training and paperwork to the old geezers and those who lost their medical.
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