Airbus/Boeing qualified at one time?

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Louie1975

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So flipping through ALPAs January magazine(yes....I know, but I feel guilty at least not flipping through it). I stop at the Air Transat feature(I've always been interested in this carrier) and see this 'The pilots rose to the challenge of being dually qualified on wide body Airbuses and narrow body Boeings.' I remember reading a career book back in the early 90s that featured a Northwest Pilot both being qualified as a 747 FE and 727 FO(I think) but I had no idea airlines still did this!
 
I was qualified and flew as an FE on both the 727 and DC-10 at the same time. My first six months with the company was spent in training. It had one of the worst training programs that eventually developed into one of the best (NATCO) over the years.
 
A captain I fly with is current in a Boeing and Airbus at the same time.
he’s a c-40 pilot in the reserves and the airline flies 320s so he has to remain current in both.
It’s a pain in the butt to keep the numbers separate he says.

Having the reserve gig helped financially when he was in the regionals, but now that he’s a 320 captain, he loses money every time he does the reserve weekend. He just doing it now to get the points for retirement.
 
There's a lot lot of guard/reserve guys that are dual quald. For me its a Lockheed product and the RJ. At first its alright but after awhile keeping up with everything sucks.
 
Inverted said:
depends on what you consider Alaska Livery
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I once simultaneously held three current CTOs.

I know. Not the same. I'll shut up now (but that is rare).
 
Currently I'm flying a French Canadian airplane and also a German airplane. Constantly torn between saying Nein and Oh sorry eh.
 
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