Ive got to hand it to you PodBreak. Your very good at quoting other posts. Thats be side the point though. I reckon if you took a poll of experienced and probably less experienced captains they would mostly say the same thing. An experienced and seasoned F/O is basically a captain in waiting. Capable, efficient and trustworthy.
At some stage the graphs will cross over and your cadet will become the above. But until they do, they are carried. Its as simple as that. If QF cadets are some how able to jam 35 years of flying into their 20 year old heads then thats great!! Im yet to see it. Some of the petulant posts that weve seen on this thread really make me yearn for the old days when cricketers wore white, summers were hot, boys and girls kissed each other and not the same sex and pilots flew aeroplanes and actually got on!!. Remember the Bushies!!!
My trip around this fine country is only 18 months Away!!! Im busy logging ICUS on the Jaico!!!
Fly safe DM.