tinpis:
when i was in An the F/O was never able to taxi the A/C or start the engines for some very good reasons, therefore on the ground he was always PNF and always did the R/T. Similar to what Virgin Blue does now.
However one stupid thing was that the F/O always read the checklist, made it hard flying a low wx circuit at night at the same time as reading the landing checklist!! somehow we coped.