Originally Posted by
bustinmins
Here is some food for thought. "You're only one bird strike away from a battlefield promotion to Captain. Do you feel ready for that responsibility?"
Imagine it: You're making a night time, full-procedure ILS approach into a special airport that is nestled in between two mountain ranges. You've just past the FAF and have made the final configuration changes. You start down the pipe very stabilized. About 20 seconds past the FAF, the windshield shatters in front of the Captain..
I would have gone around, logged another .3 to bolster my pay as a form of hazard pay, then basked in the fact that I just moved up a number due to the Capt's untimely demise.
Consider the alter-ego of this questions' thread. What do you do if you're an F/O and your flying with a Capt with thousands of hours less experience than you.
I have more opinions, but this is one I'm enjoying from the sideline.
FF