Editorials

First Officers

THE JUNIOR PILOT DILEMMA

The industry has got away with it for too long.

On the front page of the flight manual it says:
“This is a two-crew Regular Public Transport (RPT) airliner.”

It doesn’t say
“Single-pilot turbo prop with a seat for a ‘paid-passenger’ to sit next to the pilot.”

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FIRST OFFICERS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

Paid Passengers

First Officers are members of the crew. They are not meant to be
paid-passengers. It’s about time the public demanded to know just how qualified the people sitting up front really are. Read More…

PAID PASSENGERS – AT WHAT COST?

When a Captain has a heart attack, in an aircraft that may be carrying numerous defects, on the proverbial ‘dark and stormy night’; how well is the cadet F.O. under training going to perform? Read More…