@teresa green, I'm glad you made this post. I agree with you in feeling a little sorry for both the Captain and the FO however this does not excuse some fairly fundamental errors by both of them.
"As for myself, if given a F/O with such small hours on the clock, I would personally fly the thing myself, and give him as little work as possible, let some other skipper take up the slack as far as his training was concerned. Time and time again TAA handed me a " baby" time and time again, I did most of the work myself, my duty was to the PAX, not check and training. Selfish yes, short sighted, yes, but each Skipper has the right on his ship to how he runs it and he should and would expect a competent F/O by his side. I feel sorry for them both, the Skipper was not given what he was entitled to, and the young bloke/girl was not given sufficient training. The fault is totally with the company, not either pilot. It will be interesting to see if the pissing stops for this one."
I agree with you in feeling a little sorry for both the Captain and the FO however this does not excuse some fairly fundamental errors by both of them.
I would be really interested to hear the views of Jetstar Captains (or any Captain) with regard to TG's comments and how line Captains are dealing with flying with very inexperienced FO's.