Too true! I normally do repetitive scheduled flights but recently did a charter flight to a country I've hardly ever flown to. The Captain had just been upgraded and it was their first day 'on-line' unsupervised! Scheduling don't care that this might be a higher workload than rostering a new Captain on the regular and more familiar routes.
Interesting. I thought the flight operations department prevented this sort of thing because it is considered an increased risk (albeit a manageable one by a professional crew)? In the same way that new captains are not [supposed to be] rostered to fly with inexperienced F/Os? I realise it's not always possible simply for operational reasons, but I thought there was 'accepted good practice' here? Does it depend on the airline?