LHRT,,
"This pilot with 200 hours, what are the chances of this company actually employing him\her to fly the aircraft without the 2000 hour person in the RH seat, nil."
Not true. There are some low time pilots operating for certain bankrunners out of BK, for a fact. They have had, in the last 18 months at least one gear up landing and atleast one engine failure in flight. Their last bingle was on the ground, thankfully and in front of an audience to boot. Word has it the 'supervising' pilot on a recent BK ground collision is not exactly flush with PA31 time or twin experience, yet was tasked for the role, and allegedly in an aircraft not fitted with dual brakes. Yes the pilot AICUS held the endorsement, but so what. Also allegedly, that certain Chief Pilot/Operator used job security as a form of pressure to ensure the supervisory pilot took on the task.
Once again, i reiterate, it is not about 'going and getting a RH endorsement'. It is about companies ASSIGNING SUITABLY EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED SUPERVISORY PILOTS. This would be a company position, not granted by CASA as such, but someone (eg Chief Pilot) would be responsible (and answerable in the event of any incident) for ensuring that there is some sort of standard applied to these all too prevalent operations.
You can be as blase as you want about the pros and cons of RHS flying, but experience in aircraft and operation type should be a requirement, given the prevalence of this practice.