Gentleman,
Fair point of letting the Fo 'mess around' and learn by actually flying the aircraft, but sorry to say, this is how it used to be.
We are focussing all our attention(too much) to have all the parametres correct the moment the yellow bar shows up, instead of the general big picture that this is safe approach to continue, only because a few nutters decided to continue an approach with vref+50 and terrain warnings,because of that we all suffer.
We are not 'nervous control freak captains' as alu-shufler dares to say, but fed up flying into challenging ops with no experience on the right side. Cadets are released on line but far from capable and load up even on a sunny day.
I need a collegue, to support me, not a student, and now my job is on the line I indeed will not allow any more visuals, the Autopilot stays on until 500 ft and if have any doubt(and believe me, or just ask the cabin crew, the number of 'impacts' instead of landings are on the rise) i do the landing.
As usual, my humble opinion
Last edited by space pig; 6th Jun 2014 at 20:32.