EMB145 - slightly bemued old bean. I am an airline pilot - I spent all day today moving over 400 people between the UK, N Ireland and Spain in what felt suspiciously like multi pilot ops. Up until a few months ago I was teaching people to fly as an Approved Instrument Rating Instructor - many of my students were airline cadets.
I would have thought that I am pretty well placed to have a valid opinion on your thread. On the forum I run.
I'm sure you welcome opinions even if they are different from your own... else why start this thread?
If you've got a good argument then stand by it and persuade me.
On your substantive point about were the airlines consulted in the JAA training shake up then the answer is Yes. The fact is they ain't interested. What they want to see for their money is someone holding a CPL/IR Frzn ATPL a minimal failure rate and no accidents during the course. Oh and the cheapest price.
If it were important to the airlines for more multi crew work to be included they would already pay for it. Instead all you get is perhaps a willingness to pay for 5hrs Aeros or a 10hr Flex allowance in hours per student.
How exactly would you envisage multi pilot ops being incorporated into - say - the second half of PA28 training? I struggle to see how you could do it PRACTICALLY. Brief each other on a visual circuit join and approach? Call for flap rather than pull the lever? I'm genuinely intrigued.
Cheers,
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[ 04 September 2001: Message edited by: Wee Weasley Welshman ]