In addition....
Would go further with my comments above, if companies feel the need to overly restrict First Officers (takeoffs and landings)...then the training Captains at these respective aircarriers are NOT doing their job properly.
When the chips are down, and First Officers HAVE to do the landing (for whatever reason), they had better be properly trained and have good handling abilities...otherwise, bad news.
The SV TriStar incident of some years ago is a perfect example...due to tire/wheel fragmentation, all but one half of system 'D' hydraulics were lost (First Officer MUST land the aeroplane) yet he did a fine job BECAUSE he was properly trained in the first place.
Essential....period.
Last edited by 411A; 12th May 2003 at 01:03.