Originally Posted by Tinpusher007

But I could argue that the same threat could be present with an (older) captain who can't hear or doesn't recognize a threat that the FO does but lacks the authority to command a reject. Im just playing devil's advocate because pretty much any point you can make about an FO being deficient can also be made about a captain.

Regarding human factors, again others have pointed out this practice isn't uniform across the entire industry. I took on the responsibility of being a captain at my previous airline and will obviously continue to follow SOP here at DL. But its an interesting conversation have for all the points that have been brought up.