Chinabeached: Last paragraph some excellent points, especially in this day & age where there re many more cadets entering RHS than ever before, and guys moving over to LHS so much earlier than before. The amount of experience/airmanship in either seat, at the start of their careers, is much less than was.
from earlier:
He was asked why he didn't say anything.
His reply was he couldn't remember the correct Standard Callout.
I flew in an airline which was very pilot/airmanship orientated, but also where SOP discipline was strict. After rotation the call was "positive rate" by PM and "gear up" by PF. I then went to an airline where it was "gear up" by PF and "positive climb" by PM.
Then I used to train experienced pilots coming into the 2nd airline from others. I learnt a myriad of calls for this simplest of manoeuvres. However, in the early days some guys' memories blanked out and you could see the wheels grinding. Meanwhile the wheels were still dangling. I suggested prioritising and to say something that made sense such the the wheels were retracted. Their eyes lit up like stars in a, "are we allowed to do that" moment of joy.