I originally trained in an old school environment. Now I am (amongst other things) involved in implementation of some of the very latest facets of CRM and TEM. Part of these concepts are that we are all in a learning environment, and will all learn (with varying standards and quality) from each other. The learning value of this incident was obviously greatly limited and this would appear to be soley the fault of the commander. It would seem that some "old school" pilots are STILL either resistant to reasonable change (why have they been allowed to continue flying so long), or are of such super-human qualities that they are impervious to error (again why are they still flying).
For all of you who are the 'right stuff' I have to ask when you stopped learning, and why you didn't stop flying at the same time?
Remeber - It's a licence/rating to LEARN! 600hrs or 30 000hrs no matter.