Captains who have never been co-pilots.
Obviously, there are all sorts of people flying today. Some of us are good; some of us are bad; some of us think we are good; and some of us are better than we think. Nothing new or profound in that statement, just a fact. To fly with different characters is part of the enjoyment of this marvelous profession, indeed sometimes its saving grace!
I was interested to know what experiences people have had with captains who've never been F/O's. We have a few in our company and in the main their airmanship is very good because they've been doing things like bush flying, CAP509 instructing and night freight in all sorts of wx. Experience I wish I had the benefit of. However, in some cases their CRM stinks as they still think they are in a single crew operation.
Could it be that they have missed out on half of their Airline training by not having been co-pilots? I think so, what do you think?
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