JQ would do well to read the report on the Air France A330 in the paper today. A 400 hr cadet placed in the situation that that young First Officer was, could have easily but not necessarily acted the same way. I have met a couple of these young blokes enthusiastic, intelligent, keen to learn, and have not a bleedin clue. And why would they. At four hundred hours most pilots should be paddock bashing, learning how to stay alive, not responsible for 200 pax plus. These awful findings could be here in this country, if this stupid trend continues. Keep them employed and send them bush, and put fully qualified F/O's with appropriate hours on type in the R/H seat, before we get a smoking black hole, and the witch hunt starts. Commonsense tells you on a 2 man crew on a A330 or A320, if one takes a bait, has a heart attack or stroke, fits, or has some sort of mental breakdown, (ALL of these incidents have happened), a 400 hr Pilot is left to land a fully laden Pax jet on his/her own. Madness. And for what, to save a dollar. If it happens I would like to see the whole board of that airline charged with manslaughter, they don't deserve anything less.