Can I pose a possibly naive question for pilots who fly long-haul routinely?
Cockpit manning was in three shifts, which seems standard for the length of the flight.
The Captain was PNF for the first shift. He was off-duty for the second shift. However, before he left the flight deck, he asked which of the two co-pilots was going to be landing the plane, and I assume the answer was the second co-pilot, who had just completed his rest.
So the Captain hadn't assigned himself any flying at all.
Is this usual? For the commander not to get his hands on the controls at any stage of the flight?