Originally Posted by
Utah
51/49 Hardly. Come back when you've been a captain for a year or two and tell us your feelings about it. Just wait until you're paired up with some new pilot that has no business being in the airplane, but is because the company needs pilots.
Tell that to the new hire FOs in the company who were placed in the Saab with more hours than their Saab Captains (18 month upgrades) next to them.
Tell that to the 10 year FOs who know the plane better than their new CA they're flying with.
Quit trying to make your ego bigger by staring at your epaulets.
You're making a generalization that every FO needs babysitting.
The whole 250 hr FO debate is for an entirely different thread and is quite the exception.