Originally Posted by cubguy

I have observed this to be common in the corporate world. Born from pure greed. Everyone likes to fly. The least we can do is share. Not only for enjoyment but more importantly proficiency.
If a captain is taking all of the legs because he feels that he needs them ALL for his own proficiency I would suspect a self confidence problem, if its because the boss feels safer with him at the controls he shoud have the people skills to make the boss understand that the safest he can possibly be is with a highly proficient CREW. How safe would the boss feel if he keeled over and the F/O was making his first landing in six months, possibly with a tight approach to a short runway.
When I was flying corporate I had the good fortune to fly for a company where the policy was to get comfortable as pilot monitoring in the right seat, maybe 10 legs, then fly left seat EVERY time the aircraft was empty for a period of time ,then swap seats every leg regardless of who was on board. When Capt. upgrade occurred, it was a non event and you can bet all of the F/O's I flew with got every other leg.
I have some friends who were not as lucky and attained a PHD in throwing gear.
CG