Thanks to V1RotateV2 and 365TAS for the information. Just have a couple more questions if anyone can help me. What time are most of the FO's being hired with? (They say 3000TT on their website; seems a little high for a minimum.) How do upgrades work? Seniority, experience or ... Are the 30 people t...

So in the eyes of transport one could log over 500 hours of PIC time only flying with training Captains.

That would really depend on several things: Does your company have in their ops manual the provision for a pilot-in-command under supervision program? If yes, do they have a training program, criteria and a method of tracking both hours and progress? Is an ATPL required for Captaincy according to t...

At my company there are some senior FOs left seat checked and with enough experience to fly as PIC. Some captains make them sit right seat all day and be FOs, some captains fly the shift "co-captain". Whatever works for your comfort level I suppose. But if the guy is capable and has my respect he s...

Hey Just Curious, do you have a kleenex I can borrow? I don't know the specifics but I'd imagine in Docs company they fly as co-captains. Each crew member is qualified as a captain, and they alternate legs, and alternate who logs PIC. So lets continue with this line of thought, you have a PPC, 200 ...

Doesn't Doc's company let their FO's log PIC any leg they fly?

There's a bunch of companies across Canada that let there FO's log PIC time if there PPC'd on the aircraft so they can meet insurance and contract requirements so they can be upgraded to Captain. Just wondering how someone would explain lots of PIC time on a aircraft when they'd never been Captain o...