MTOW
Concerning this FO and his feeling insulted or how strong he feels as skipper today:
It has been discussed ad infinitum and has nothing, I repeat, nothing to do with FO's capacities and how they or others feel about it - please!
The only and most important issue here is, that EKs FOM states that under certain emergencies the captain HAS TO BE IN THE LHS and consequently how and whom the ratpack of lawyers will sue in a incident where the skipper could not make it to the cockpit due to our mighty managers foresight to place us in a coffin, some 100 meters away from the grandstand with 350 panicking passengers in between.
The skipper signed responsible for the whole flight. Now just who will be held by the ba;;s in front of the judge with any screw up? Will EK back you up??
The answer lies in MEL ....