BEags,
I apologise for my tone. Yes, it was abusive, but this betrays my frustration on this particular issue. We, the AT fleet, have treated (and trained) copilots like idiots for a long, long time. If you treat people like idiots, they will act like idiots. Let's try treating them like what they are - adults, who also happen to be qualified RAF pilots, not students.
Many have asked 'Why are we doing this?', but I have yet to hear a convincing argument as to why we should NOT do this. I appreciate the J has problems when asymmetric - since I have no experience of operating the J, I cannot comment further. But there is no good reason why we shouldn't do it on the K. There is a good reason why we should - it would be of great benefit to copilots, removing the need to go through a second full OCU course. Most aspects of captaincy are learned on-the-job as a co, anyway. Apart from handling aspects, which didnt take long, I learned very little that was new to me on my second OCU cse.
the cultural shift required may produce more pain than makes it worth it
I suspect THIS is the main reason for objections, IMHO.
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