25 year old Captain and 19 year old First Officer?thats funny...dont tell the poor passengers.
Sign of the times I suppose...the aircraft fly themselves.Pilot sits there and tries not to touch anything in case he screws it up(Airbus)..
Modern airline pilot=flies by rote,flowscans by acronyms,memorizes briefings so each one is the same,engages AP at 500'/disengages at 300',values SOP over airmanship,thinks 3000 hours is experienced
...you know the type,you can actually see their brain working 10min to TOD as they try and run through the approach set-up acronyms..all by rote and procedural memory..items actioned at specific points,signs off at 10000 on again at TOD and they'll squirm in their seat if you go outside this little set pattern..their idea of a visual is follow the magenta with VNAV..its all monkey see monkey do..7 years of that doesnt a Captain make.
What was this "kid" doing in the right seat of a jetliner at 18 to begin with?
Experience and age are inextricably linked..no two ways about that and please no comparisons to Guy Gibson..that was wartime and they were carrying bombs not passengers.