Norwegian should show some goodwill towards it's hopefully temporarily laid off pilots

It have been suggested that Norwegian could give their (ex)pilots some at least simulator time so they can keep their licences current during the CoVid19 crisis.
A pilot must have ompleted 3 take offs and landings in the last 90 days to be able to fly a jet with passengers without pairing with an instructor. Having decided to park most of its fleet for 12 months a lot of their pilots will become uncurrent. Keeping their certificates alive should be a very small outlay in a difficult situation.

Think of it. Norwegian is flying no ne of their 787 fleet whatsoever as part of their 7 planes in the air program. That could lead them with no current pilots whatsoever, including instuctors/examiners, to start up again. That could be a massive headache. Not to talk about that parking planes outdoors in Europe without flying now and then is a maintenance nightmare.

Pretending they don't know these pilots is the worst they could have done and places the company in a difficult and uncler legal position that could lead to penalties large enough to threaten the company. And if/when they start up international flights again there could be countries they would have to avoid for fear of sudden impoundings. Showing some sort of cheap goodwill to (maybe ex)employers is one way of avoiding such an outcome.

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