After retiring, you consider 12 years as
"many years of airline flying".........
If you retired as a Capt, then the SOP of the various airlines you flew for would have been
enforced by you as Capt. Therefore, whatever the F/Os said about how he did things in Ansett would become irrelevant.
I can see the Woomera (who I suspect is a Jetstar pilot) getting out the guns once this thread takes hold!!
No Woomera to my knowledge has any association with JetStar - except perhaps as a passenger! Not necessarily getting out the big gun. You should really read the thread before bursting forth into print.
(12 airlines to be exact)
Sunny Woomera