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Old 29th Oct 2013, 09:52
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Lookleft
 
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Interesting that you can go from this:

What about from the operational perspective from the point of view if the
captain fu*ks up do you think the FO is going to chirp in and have his little
bit to say during a difficult approach? .. Doubt that !
To this:
Its a multi crew environment!
and then wonder why there are such things as Captain only airports!

An FO is a Commander in training isn't he?
Only when he is sitting in the LHS with a TC in the right guiding him through a whole bunch of stuff he probably didn't pay much attention to previously. An F/O is someone who should be developing their command skills by watching how the other person does the job they aspire to. Sometimes that might involve supporting someone into an airport that has been deemed by others to require the person, who has the legal responsibility for the aircraft and its passengers, to manipulate the aircraft.
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