{"id":27490,"date":"2024-04-14T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T00:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/captain-first-officer-role-differences-guide\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T10:36:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T00:36:12","slug":"how-do-the-roles-of-captain-first-officer-differ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=27490","title":{"rendered":"How Do The Roles Of Captain & First Officer Differ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On most commercial flights, you will have two pilots onboard, a captain and a first officer. They effectively both fly the plane, but there are minor differences that differentiate their expectations of their role and play a significant part in the difference in their pay packet. For most, two pilots will be in command of your next flight; however, for long-haul services, you may see three or more pilots,<\/span>depending on the situation and duration of the flight<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One sits on the left, and one sits on the right, but what is the real difference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,397,1158,3421,5872,629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-analysis","category-cockpit","category-first-officer","category-flight-crew","category-pilots"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t