Originally Posted by
HillerBee
But is someone with 2500 hrs. not much closer to captaincy then a 200 hr 'wonder'. So I still don't understand it.
Not necessarily. And especially not if he's a 'dyed in the wool' single pilot, VFR driver.
Although he might well have better situational awareness and aircraft control, it might be harder to 'mould' him into a multicrew, 'procedural' co-pilot.