Gretchenfrage "Over & Out?" Thank goodness for that. But I would have liked to discovered why old Gretchy thinks that it is immature of me to expect the DECs to be at the very LEAST my equal when it comes to managing a wide bodied jet flight halfway across the world? And no this isn't a case of some bitter F/O thinking that he can always do it better than the old fart in the LHS. The large majority of captains I fly with are switched on clever guys who know their SOPs, operate in a smooth professional manner and are a pleasure to fly with. This is why it comes as such a shock to have to babysit a DEC who was hired supposedly because all those "immature" F/Os aren't suitable. Still I agree with you on one thing "Frage" - discussing it with you is futile.
