The SpiceJet violation case came under DGCA lens after then DGCA boss Nasim Zaidi received an anonymous mail in July last year.
So one of these spineless bastards dobbed him in after he passed his command course. I'm not going to condone having a trainee in one seat and an unlicenced person in another but the time to suggest that this shouldn't happen is before the training captain leaves his seat, not when his son is sitting in it. And I hope this remark, who ever wrote it, was just for Sun readers and/or effect:
Had there been an emergency, the trainee commander would not have been able to handle it.
I would expect ANY trainee captain to be able to handle ANY emergency. His method of handling it might not be the most efficient in company terms, which is they are being trained. But if you are ready for the left hand seat should already be a highly proficient operator.
PM