Originally Posted by
Prob30Tempo TSRA
it’s supposed to be a course ? You’ve passed the assessment , now they teach you
Actually, this is the most common misconception and misses the whole point about taking a command. You can't
teach responsibility, but you can
mentor and guide someone, and polish their basic command skills on a command course. A nominee needs to arrive having put years of learning and practice at home, knowledge of the books, armchair flying scenarios and practising leadership skills with the crew at work. Then it's just a gentle push in the right direction should they start to slip on the course.
From my experience the aforementioned 5-10,000 hour FOs still waiting, are actually the ones who just can't self-reflect and learn to change. Or maybe just don't want to put the work in during their own time and think it's the Company's job... not realising that
having sole responsibility for an outcome is the very definition of a Command.
Anyway, this is starting to drift from the thread.