Originally Posted by
ramraideruk
A friend of mine, who is CC for BA, spoke to me about this. Apparently they are going to be trained to be 'cruising pilots'. That is, they will be employed to fly the plane when it is not taking off or landing. The cruising pilots will replace the co-pilot and first officer and therefore save BA loads of money. There will still be a proper captain who will take off and land the plane.
How do they replace the 'co-pilot'/'first officer'? There will still be a regulatory requirement for two qualified persons to be sitting in the control seats, so this 'cruise pilot' would have to be a qualified person anyway, wouldn't it?