Originally Posted by
novice110
And I don't have contempt for FOs at all, or cadets. I just think that some very inexperienced FO's don't have the time in the seat to get the big picture. This can for instance mean they take 'ops manual' quotations as absolute and finite.
so I assume you do an in depth meet and greet to establish the experience level of your FO each time you fly with a new one.
How do you score them? Who do you trust? Will you go around unquestionably when an ex military FO with 5000 hours and 20 years under the belt calls go around? But only after a discussion with a cadet with 300 hours?
I just don’t get the contempt for FOs in this thread. You must have all been born with 4 stripes.