But the FO did navigate a couple of hundred miles and land without incident. Don't understand what you are getting at.
So he did, and no disrespect to him at all but so he bloody well should. Just seems to be a lot of back slapping going on for something that should be well within the capabilities of a professional pilot.
You can't unfreeze an ATPL until you've flown 1500 hours in a multicrew environment, therefore if you insisted on a full ATPL before occupying the RHS we'd be very short of pilots as there would be no way for people to unfreeze them.
Interesting, here in Oz there is no multi crew requirement far as i am aware. Local regs stipulate 1500 hrs total, 750 in command of any aircraft, 100 night plus a few other bits and pieces. Just a different system i suppose.
Tell you what though i wouldnt want to be on board with a 200 hour fo and an incapacitated skipper.