Originally Posted by
FrequentSLF
SLF here,
Just for discussion...and for understanding...shall we assume that with a training Captain in command crew errors shall be minimized?
No, that is a bad assumption. Training presents all kinds of opportunities for mistakes to be made. That is one reason most training is done in a simulator.
I don't think that it has been confirmed that there was any training going on during this flight. All we know is that there was a third pilot in the jumpseat, and that he was a "learner" or "apprentice".
He may have been along just to observe normal operations in preparation for his own training..