S.S.
As a new Captain myself may I offer the following.
* Expect the unexpected - it will happen
* The only time you will have done everything is when you have forgotten something.
In the 6 weeks I have had my command on wide body long haul, I have had:
* a passenger die,
* an engineer short out the Left AC electrics while changing a lightbulb
* airline staff try to smuggle stuff on the aircraft
* groundstaff drive the airbridge into the aircraft tearing a bloody great hole down the side of the aircraft
* needed de icing at an airport that only had 30 ++ hours notice of snow during mid winter and therefore caught totally unaware ( no de icing fluid, de icing machines broken, crews off duty) [ EGLL 28 Dec]
* had cabin crew go 'out of hours' while the pilots were within hours (yes it can happen)
* arrived at an airfield to find it fogged out requiring a potential diversion of 3.5 hours
None of this had happened to me in the preceding 7 years I have had flying in the company as an F.O.
Although I don't work for them, QANTAS produced a set of notes for pilots undergoing command training. I found them the most practical notes anywhere. If I can scan them down to a managable size I will send them to you once I'm back from this longhaul.
In the meantime
Expect the unexpected,
Be safe you can't be bollocked for that
Be right. - If the Captain said it's right it must be right.
Enjoy it
Good luck