but I don't understand why the FO (I presume) kept reiterating that they will need a visual inspection of the breaks, it should just be a normal landing, roll all the way to the end if needed, they had full priority.
Perhaps because he was qualified to operate the aircraft and you are not?
My situation is this, I am 52 years old male whom 2 years ago sold a successful franchise and took early retirement, it was always my wife & I dream to fly, so we both embarked on our PPL at Bourne airfield in Cambridgeshire using the C172, we have both had our PPL for well over a year now, but I decided I wanted to go all the way to commercial so carried out the additional training at Oxford.
The decision to get a CPL was more based on wanting the higher grade of license rather than wanting to go back in to employment, never the less I was successful with the CPL and I also got the instrument rating.
I was fortunate enough to have been able to purchase my own aircraft a 1999 B36 so have racked up almost 450 hours to date.
However I would love to fly the big metal just for the experience but only short term, this is why the 500 hours of line training appeals to me, I don't want to do to get ahead in the job market I have no interest to go back to work, I just want to do for the experience and to tick the box of the list of life long ambitions.