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Meme In Command
I wholeheartedly disagree with the crazy MEL part.
If I have a complex MEL that affects us THAT much, it's going to be an active discussion between the two. I want the FO to be the second set of eyes to make sure we don't make a mistake.
"Hey so it says (read verbatim). I'm interpreting that to mean ABC, so we need to do XYZ about it. Do you agree?".
Any situation that arises that requires all of my time is an abnormal situation. That automatically becomes my delay code and we push when we're both ready. Use that fourth stripe to make time.
It can just be a paperwork issue, like the time they used the wrong MEL to defer something that wasn't actually deferrable. I was on the phone for a loooong time on that one, the FO had nothing to do with it besides, "yup, that's wrong."
My point is, there are occasionally situations that do require all the the captain's time. They are rare.
My TL,DR point is that it's fine to be a captain who doesn't want to do walk arounds. Don't pretend that it has anything to do with safety though.