well thats skywest culture for you. its captain captain captain. Trust me i was bugging the training department about it but they said thats just they way theyve always done it. I see your concern bla, but at least the captain upgrade makes sure those guys are ready.

Along the same lines, show me another airline where the PF has to make his own positive rate, altitude, and approach minimums callouts? That bothered the crap out of me. i felt like a single pilot. That needs to be changed asap. theres a reason two people sit up front.

Skywest should call it PF (pilot flying) and PDNBT (Pilot doesnt need to be there)