I get what you mean, but "when the hammer falls" is not day-to-day operations.

Maybe in a mini sense, such as making a quick decision to take a delay over whatever issue it is, but even then, as an FO I was thinking of the same implications as I am now as PIC.

True, one probably wouldn't get a call from a CP or 'carpet dance' or whatever but in normal operations, I wouldn't consider a "whole different job".

It's the same job, with the authority to veto anything and a need to explain the rationale behind a decision, that's all.


Maybe we're debating nothing but semantics at this point!