Originally Posted by
Outwest
Some very old and established Canadian operators have pretty much always swapped seats with the FO, for a number of reasons, one of which Malabo has already pointed out. I know that not everyone on here has long line experiance, but that is another situation where the "Capt" has to sit on the left in the 61 and 212 for example. I remember when one of our CP's decided that all FO's must have 500 hours on type before being allowed the right seat on the 61 offshore. That did not last long as that forced me to do cross cockpit landings with the 61 on a pitching and rolling deck. You tell me what the safer choice is in that situation?
I see a couple of safer choices - 1. Have a competent copilot who can make a left seat landing. 2. If the deck is rolling and pitching, forcing a cross seat landing that you're not comfortable with, go missed and RTB. You obviously pushed the envelope being 'forced' to do something you considered unsafe.