Is not the objective in our industry and each of the flights we are in command of to achieve the highest level of safety reasonably possible?
Do not lower weather and wind authorizations for first officers new to the aircraft assist in that goal? Ofcourse if the Captains heart decides to MEL itself while he or she is in the lav, the first officer will have been awarded a "combat" promotion to Captain. But even then, I council my trainees the safety of the ship and her passengers out weigh landing at an unsuitable (for a new FO) airport.
As a check airman, any FO I fly with is authorized to land up to AC demonstrated maximums, whether that FO has zero hours in the aircraft or 100 hours. Depending on the circumstance, I may or may not exercise that authority. It all comes down to the question, "Is what we are about to do advance the cause of safety?" After we have answerd that first question satisfactorily, we can go on to all the other ones.
Last edited by CaptainMongo; 30th Mar 2016 at 00:55.