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dfwjim1 wrote:3). Do Chief Pilots with large airlines (AA, BA, JL...etc) with diversified fleets need to be rated in their fleet's heavy jets?
4). Of course Chief Pilots have to fly X numbers of month so when they do is the person in the right seat usually a captain?
Woodreau wrote:At some airlines, there are some chief pilots who do not have the seniority to be a captain. So becoming a chief pilot automatically upgrades them to the left seat, and grants them the captain salary depending on the contract.
VSMUT wrote:dfwjim1 wrote:3). Do Chief Pilots with large airlines (AA, BA, JL...etc) with diversified fleets need to be rated in their fleet's heavy jets?
4). Of course Chief Pilots have to fly X numbers of month so when they do is the person in the right seat usually a captain?
3. I worked at an airline where the chief pilot flew the smallest plane in the fleet, the ATR. The airline had multiple types, up to and including 747s.
4. Depends. If he is qualified as a captain (most likely), then he will be flying from the left seat only. If he is also qualified for the right hand seat, then he can take both seats. Then it just depends who he is paired up with by the rostering department. If he is scheduled to fly with a captain who isn't qualified for the right hand seat, then the chief pilot would have to fly from the F/Os position. If he is paired up with a first officer, then he would naturally fly from the left hand seat.Woodreau wrote:At some airlines, there are some chief pilots who do not have the seniority to be a captain. So becoming a chief pilot automatically upgrades them to the left seat, and grants them the captain salary depending on the contract.
That would be in the US though. EASA requires you to receive the training and certification on top of the minimum hours and unfrozen ATPL before you can become a captain.