Deckchair,
You said the Captain, do you mean the left seater or the Sim Checker?
The Sim Checker is under the system to grade you and under the rules debrief you for in our case a score of 3or less out of 5. A 2 is the minimum standard and will be allocated for a repeat if one is required.
The left seater should have limited input unless guided by the checker, it can depend on who is who in the combination as some egos are unstopable particularly if their performance is average and the "blame" can be shifted downhill.
Regrettably there are checkers and trainers who delight in debriefing on the minute details in a VERY negative way. They really delight in that area for fellow Checkers as well as the new F/Os so don't feel special, take it on the chin, do a little self debrief and work it through.
My lot are on the second cycle of the six over three years, it is interesting times as a long term Trainer and Checker.
It is a good system as such but with a variety of humans as the team, always different.
PM me for more as I am curious as to who and where
