which was a short hop (20 minutes or so), to a relatively short runway. We arrived in beautiful VMC day conditions, although with a fresh breeze and quite a bit of turbulence around the airport.
bfisk, no disrespect to you, but it's interesting he gave you the sector rather than taking it himself!! Would have been fun to see how he got on!
Just a personal thing but, almost exclusively, if I haven't flown with the FO before I usually do the first sector myself. It takes a little time to get to know people and assess where they are at and hopefully they will learn a bit about my own style and cadence, notwithstanding SOPs.