Well, if I am not mistaken, the FO takes a checkride before he is allowed to operate the aircraft...Does that not make him qualified? What I was trying to state, is that it is getting rediculous to constantly complain about the low timers taking the field to play ball. The simple fact is, that both lowtimers and hightimers all have something to learn. You can look at it this way, the captain now has a good means of regurgitating all of his aquired knowledge, and this should help him stay sharp!