Originally Posted by
sycamore
Global, seems like they haven`t really sorted out the route to be a `Captain`; or is a co-pilot suddenly promoted to be a `Captain` on the day of the `emergency`.The original `captain` will remain,as he is a trainer,etc and has to teach `co-pilots....Bit of a `risky shift`,akin to the WW2 Japanese `kamikazi training...
I suppose the fighter community is scratching their heads over my concern. But in my opinion, having witnessed it for thousands of hours, the continuity of the interactions between pilots in transport airplanes has tremendous training benefits that pay off when things become difficult.
This is not like the airlines. This is having an aircrew where the AC and CP could be relatively low time lieutenants. In old days we at least had a grizzled flight engineer to watch over us.
The consequences of single pilot operations will not manifest on every mission. But it lacks the investment that pays big dividends later.