Colleagues in Europe continually tell me they fly with F/Os - straight out of KLS/CAE/CTC schools getting a F/O posn in A320/B737NGs. They only do 40 sectors Line Training, are immediately rated CAT3B and do 'International Flights' from the first day on LINE TRAINING.
Tell me its a joke - Jetstar Australia doing 6mths Line Trg and NOT allowed to do 'International Flights' as a F/O for 12mths ?????????
Oh - I forgot to mention-- the multi-lingual crew - you know
- French/German/Austrians/Dutch/Czech/Polish/Italian/Spanish/Irish (Bloody leprechauns)/Portuguese/Algerians/Morroccans/Danish/Swedes/Norwegians (all bloody Vikings!)/Serbs/GREEKS (oh my GOD)/Turks(oh my double GOD)- thats just the Flight deck.
- You can double the above number for Cabin Crew languages I have flown with!! :
Did I mention the multi-lingual ATC? - Parlez-vous français ?
Is there an airport in Oz or enzed that has 7 acft stacked on the ILS approach during rush hours ?
- has 4 parrallel rwys ?
- gives 50% of the ATC instr in French?