FOs conducting Simulator training
 

Hi People,
I have heard about some airlines in the US as well as Europe which train senior FOs to conduct simulator training.
I think it is a very good idea, i would like to get some more information regarding the same, like
1>Names of airlines that currently follow this system.
2>What is the rationale of the airline in doing so.
3>What is the level of training conducted by the FO instructors, is it limited to training FOs only or are they qualified conduct command training too.
4>What are the qualifications required by the Airline/Regulatory Authority for a FO to become a simulator instuctor.
As you must have guessed i am currently a First Officer, having been an instructor in the US before i got this job, cannot kick the old habbit!!
thank you people.

Lufthansa Flight Training puts its FO as inst and SO as PNF duties for guys comming in to renewals etc.

Same goes for SimuFlite in Dallas uses high time flt inst as PNF

As do BA and KLM. In BA, their SFI's may also be SFE's as well. In KLM, their F/O's are used for initial type and recurrent training. As a result, any of them could end doing command training, but not necessarily the final assessments.

Thanks a lot people for the replies, its really useful.
Any more information will be appreciated.

The controlling issue usually involves each airlines' internal policies and union rules, rather than government agency oversight. You have to be qualified as captain, but that's no problem as instructor positions give the FO the fourth stripe he needs. The problem comes when he wants to line fly and the intervening union rules. Does he fly as FO or Captain? Of course, it's different everywhere.

Some unions implement rules like the instructor (with low seniority), can instruct, but is prevented from checking until his seniority reaches a certain level.