Originally Posted by
Swedish Blender
Several posters have stated that it's not up to the captain to help train the FOs. Let's be honest, IOE just makes sure they can get the airplane from point A to B. Captains, you do train the FOs...everyday (unless you are a D-bag). You influence, mold, help their thought process, and hopefully prepare them to be a captain themselves one day.
You probably don't want teach them the basics of flying, but to not want to help teach them how to fly that particular aircraft is just selfish. I'm on my third aircraft type in 4.5 years. I've been on my current one right at a year with 300 hours and 24 landings in it. The Vref speed at MLW is 165ish knots. Add your additives for wind,etc. and it gets pretty fast coming down the pipe. I'm happy to take any helpful hints from my captains regarding flying the plane.
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I think that there is a clear difference in the feelings that these particular posters have between mentoring and "instructing" as the term has been applied in this thread and many others like it. Mentoring has an aspect of instruction included, but it is the subject being instructed that matters.
USMCFLYR