Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom

Oddly, the checkride is the the basic minimum performance standard to operate in the front of a 121 aircraft. You never see the captain sitting in his home/room watching the weather the night before, and then again at 0400 for that 0430 van ride. Or wonder what is going through his head before the 3rd of 4 legs for the day, while you text and surf FB. You think we don't notice, but the reality of 10k hrs of 121 experience means I know when you are gonna go pee before you do, by the little squirm you do before announcing that the vanilla latee and quart of water you drank in the first 45 minutes of the flight needs to be offloaded. So while you think the same checkride means that you are equal, think again, co-captain!