The fact that it's a PIC type versus an SIC type has no bearing on the seat position upon which the applicant sits. Our training program is archaic and needs to change. When I addressed this issue with our POI he acknowledged the issue but changing the manual and getting it approved costs money. Right now we're having a hard enough time putting pilots and FA's into the right airplanes at the right times and locations to worry about rewriting the training manual. Plus, Uri thinks his way is the ONLY way and I don't believe very receptive to change. So, in the mean time, learn all the flows for both seats, do the ride from the left, and then dump all that info at your LOFT and try not to get too confused on the line for the first 25 hours. It really does suck (like the Crowne Plaza in FLL or the Galleria in IAH) but it is what it is.