Second officer (aviation)
Second officer is a civil aviation rank, also known as junior first officer. It is used for pilots at an early stage of their career.[1]
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Role
Modern airliners only require two pilots, the captain and the first officer.[2] Before a pilot is fully qualified to operate as first officer, they will typically act as a second officer, sitting in the right hand seat, while undergoing training and supervision from a training captain. A safety pilot will sit in the jump seat to monitor the junior first officer and the captain.[3][4]
In some airlines, a second officer is not permitted to take off or land the aircraft, and will only fly the aircraft during the cruise.[5][6]
At Singapore Airlines and Scoot, second officers are usually promoted to first officer after 5-8 months.[1] In Ryanair UK, pilots are promoted from second officer to junior first officer when they achieve 500 hours of flight time.[7]
Usage
Airlines which use the title "second officer" include:
- Air New Zealand[8]
- Cathay Pacific[9]
- China Eastern Airlines[10]
- Jet2.com[11]
- KLM[12]
- Lufthansa[13]
- Qantas
- Scoot
- Singapore Airlines[14]
- Volotea[15]
Historically, the second officer was the flight engineer. This is a trained pilot who does not fly the aircraft, but instead monitors aircraft systems.[16] Modern airliners only require two pilots, and do not have a flight engineer or a navigator.[2]
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References
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- ↑ Airline Jobs | Jet2Careers Jet2.com Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ↑ KLM Cockpit crew KLM Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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- ↑ Harris, Tom. How Airline Crews Work, HowStuffWorks.com website, 14 June 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
