All well and good until you're with a newbie who's hanging off the elevators anyway. Sticking George in frees up some of their mental capacity allowing them to better monitor and or fly the MA correctly and safely.
Which brings up the question who certified the "newbie" as competent to be a first officer on line flying when clearly he should be given more simulator training rather than be second in command of an aircraft he is not competent to fly. Captain's incapacitation comes to mind. Using "George" as an excuse to hide lack of flying ability is not the answer..