You would think that 65% pass rate is based on skill and aptitude. Unfortunately I've seen so many occasions where good pilots fail training or upgrade courses due to ridiculous factors like the TRE personally disliking them. A pilot who passed a training course with flying colours but was denied a...
Jump to postThe information from inside the airline is that the Captain was flying - not the FO. She was supposedly competent having gone through quite a stringent Command Upgrade - they don't give away the 4th strip at Emirates just because its your turn. The success rate for Command upgrades is around 65%. Th...
Jump to postThere’s a bit more to this..than four crew taking off with ‘0’ on the MCP My understanding is that the previous crew selected ‘0’ in the MCP after landing to protect the next crew from leaving 3000 in the MCP (previous MAP) instead of the usual 4000 SID altitude. FCOM SOP on Capts MCP pre flight is...
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