Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Along those lines... the CA is often the adult supervision of the operation. If he's not familiar with operational and cultural nuances, it's going to be a lot harder to tap the brakes and say "we're not going to do this today". He has to be comfortable saying no to dispatch, station ops, crew scheduling, ATC, and even flight ops management. Have to know the regs and FOM inside and out, at least to the point where you know what page to turn to for the right answer. When you have 3 other crew, 70 pax, four rampers, one gate agent, and one station manager all standing there expecting you to go, the pressure is on... hard spot for someone who is basically a new-hire 121 noob.
Must have been reading my mind; was just about to reply stating how the captain often has to be the adult in the room, so to speak.
And at a regional hiring street captains, most likely that FO sitting next to you either has less than 1000 hours themselves, or was unable to make it through upgrade. Either way, not going to be as helpful as you're gaining your footing at a new airline, while you learn to be a captain, and learn a new airplane.