Lemurian
What was the exact nature of this training flight ? The Brazilian press said that the co-pilot had been recently promoted as captain.
If so, what was he doing in the right-hand seat ?
The only explanation, from every airline I know and every DGCA -or equivalent- is that he was undergoing some line training in order to obtain right and left -hand seat approval to become a TRI. There is no other explanation.
There is - one which appeared right at the start of the thread, where somebody (Dani??) said that TAM Captains flew together as normal line crews, swopping seats to fly as PF in LHS.
I raised the question of recency in the RHS for PNF, and got no response. Perhaps I will this time!
Tyro