Quite the opposite OBK, we have a very flat authority gradient. But command experience comes from making your own decisions as the final responsible. You don't realize that until your first few weeks in the left hand seat. It's nothing special, it's just a matter of experience.
Don't get me wrong, some of my FO colleagues are excellent aviators. I've learn quite a lot from FO's, in the same way as I've learned from captains when I was in the right hand seat.
Now try to answer my questions. How do you teach and judge the finer points of command if you've never been in that left seat?
