Originally Posted by
Liberty Pilot
There are companies that will list the guy in the right seat as a CO or Company Observer. Not sure if that skirts any regs but it happens.
I know it's happened/happens, and they can do that, but in short, the guy just can't touch the controls unless he is a rated crewmember, meaning he's gone through a training program for that position. It's a huge red flag if a carrier is doing that (putting them up there and calling them observers or passengers), it basically means they are trying to blow smoke up your a$$.