Originally Posted by
DMP9679
I am tired of reading and listening to all of this crap. So what if the Captain has to teach someone how to run the day to day ops. There is a reason why he is the Captain; experience alone states that he should be able to handle a problem alone. The extra guy is great help...From what I have read here several times, the captain sometimes tries to make statements by not allowing the FO to fly legs.
How do you think that most of us here aquired our hours? We flight instructed. We wouldn't know a thing about teaching Low-timer's how to fly now would we. Stop the B-itching. Heck, you put the auto-pilot on at 600' anyway, why not spend the down time teaching? Or would that cut into your nap time?
Anyway, we all start somewhere.
The FO should be able to handle the plane by himself too from day one after IOE. Infact I think this should be a manuever for FOs as if the Captain was incapacitated (No gouge) it happens in the real world from time to time.