propulike, well put.
The overriding consideration - operating as safely as practicable - is being overlooked for no apparent reason. There isn't even a cost benefit for seat swapping on the J at OCU level. Our current co to capt convex course is 2 weeks long even though the Co hasn't regularly been operating from the LHS. As for qualifying captains to use the RHS, it's one sim and one check-fly in the local circuit