Timeline for Can an airline lay off its flight attendants and use pilots to fill the role?
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| Jul 18, 2020 at 18:56 | comment | added | John K | A former colleague was an FE on 747s in the early 90s. He only had a PPL in addition to his FE license. so when the operator announced all dedicated FEs were being replaced with pilot Second Officers, he was on the outs. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 18:02 | comment | added | Michael Hall | Thanks for the perspective Terry. I flew with enlisted flight engineers on the KC-130 and they always joked that they had no future on the outside. Based on what you said, probably not because it was prohibited, but because they weren’t competitive due to the pipeline being full of pilots. When I sought my ATP and was applying for flying jobs it was recommended and common to take the FE written to have a resume bullet. I never did... (Maybe why I’m not flying big iron today?!) | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 17:55 | comment | added | Terry | @MichaelHall A flight engineer's license is separate from a pilot's license. There was no FAA requirement that an f.e. be a pilot unless the hiring airline required it. Back in the day when most large civilian aircraft had an f.e., many of them were licensed pilots or working on their pilot's license because the career path was f.e. first, then f.o., then captain. As the 3-man cockpit faded, a lot of the engineers were ex-military and had no pilot license. On the 747-100/200s that I flew in the 1990s, most of the f.e.s were not pilots. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 17:05 | comment | added | Michael Hall | Pretty sure that you need to be a pilot to be an FAA flight engineer, and there aren’t many airlines who have them. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 16:55 | history | answered | Robert DiGiovanni | CC BY-SA 4.0 |