I am completely with PENKO on that.
Having an F/O trainer for Type Rating training is o.k. - the aim of the whole exercise is to learn operating the a/c according to SOP's and younger guys tend to know them in greater detail. The older guys sometimes just don't give a sh... to finer points of the OM's
But for recurrent training? I can read the OM B myself, thank you. I'd rather have a trainer with loads of experience, able to show me stuff which is not necessarily covered in manuals, various 'gotcha's' that every plane has. This can't be done by an F/O with just a few years on the line - even if he knows the manuals in and out...
Last edited by C_Star; 21st February 2014 at 11:48.