Originally Posted by
911slf
If the FO is new and not fully qualified, is it the case that there should be a third pilot on the flight deck? If the captain is incapacitated, it makes no odds whether he/she is a qualified trainer - or am I missing something here?
As what next points out the trainee
is trained and checked out on aircraft handling, including what to do in the event of pilot incapacitation during the simulator phase of the course, as part of the type rating process all done before line training starts....
In reality some companies might stick an extra (safety) pilot on the flight deck for the trainees first two or three sectors of the line training phase but once the trainee had demonstrated competence that requirement would be dropped.