Originally Posted by
DCA A321 FO
As a Line FO I have noticed two kinds of non
'special interest" Captains:
1. Experienced/qualified, and 2. Not ready for prime time
As for the latter, we keep them out of trouble.
I swear I was told on OE, "you are our last line of defense."
Check airman was grilling me on everything as we crossed the Atlantic. After he said that we both started cracking up.
Sad, but true. I seriously felt like I've been giving IOE on 3 of my last 4 trips. Ironically, 2 of those were with former LUAL Captains. Both pilots were extremely nice people, but we're grossly incompetent pilots. Hopefully, it's was just an anomaly.