LA,
Yes they were, and in fairness to them it was always done in the proper way in that the FOs would be doing the planning and post flight paperwork, and conducting the flight in the way that PICUS should be.
However what I said before about the takeoff and landing is what is (was) in the company's approved operations manual and was accepted by the UK CAA. I agree that it isn't really in the spirit of the term 'PICUS' to use it in the literal way that the manual suggests.