Dysag -
Just a question, to help me: do you recall it being written officially that the LH seat man was a "Training Captain" or some equally specific title?
I've searched but don't find such a clear statement.
I don't know how THY is organised, but I wonder about this gentleman's training time, or whether he was mostly a regular line captain.
THAT is the question I asked some time back in this thread. I don't know. Someone wrote that the "Captain" was in the right seat. IF that is so, it is quite possible the "Co-Pilot" in the left seat was in fact a Captain also and merely getting a Line Check.