Night Flight - Fixed wing 737 200
Night Flight After completing my IOE “Initial Operating Experience” the airline gave me my first flight schedule. It was a strip of paper cut out from a letter size paper sheet in the landscape position one inch height. It had printed a slotted diagram, the flight numbers and dates were positioned in each slot and to accommodate for evening or morning flights they would use either the top or the bottom of the little rectangular slots. Evening flights were given to pilots with more seniority, the reason why was you could get bonuses and perks with them. As I reviewed my little strip of paper which from now on would rule my life, there appeared to be an evening flight, I wasn’t a senior, so I decided to ask. The answer was a straight punch in the gut. The chief-pilot had decided he would fly with all the rookies to give his final blessing. What a difficult thing is this tendency I have to ask questions. I was happy, for all I knew they were giving me a senior fli