Whoa, stator vane, don't run off just yet.
Would have to agree with you about some F/O's, all mouth and no brains. Fortunately they are in the minority.
Example-- high station outbound on the Kos vor approach, and sunnyboy in the right seat has now suddenly "forgotten" about proper configuration and speeds, and on final appears to delight at diving for the runway.
And this in a TriStar. Parked at the gate, his highness says...."well, that was not all that bad, was it Captain?" After more than 10,000 hours in the L10, I have to admit that he was positivly the worst that I have seen, and this includes ten years in SV. 'Course, according to him, he was ace of the base.
