If you ask 100 line captains, my bet is that the majority look unfavorably on the TRI, line check airmen group.
Because many of them want the job and are wondering "Why him/her and not me?"....?
When I read on a resume that a guy was a "training captain" or some such term, I usually stop there. Fussy, anal, difficult, and can't fly in the real world come easily to mind...
Pretty narrow minded "logic" to me.... Are there some difficult to deal with guys out there who have been given positions they don't handle very well? Of course, but the majority are just regular guys doing their job....
CP