Originally Posted by
FR8Hauler
(1) Tell the last guy who busted a maneuver eval it was not a check ride.
(2) Why is this whole thing necessary in the first place?
(3) If we are excessing guys out of the captain seat to other aircraft I think the occasional left seat trip does make a difference. Maybe not to you, but to those of us that are.
You are right about the fact that it does not matter if you are capt or fo you can suck as an instructor. I'll get back on my meds now, but thanks for straightening us all out.
So your hypothetical guy who busted a MV (validation, not evaluation) didn't deserve to bust? Oh by the way, it was not given by a F/O because there are no F/O PCAs right now, so there goes THAT argument. I'm sure, however, that your prediction will come true and there will be a sudden rash of captains failing maneuvers events when and if the F/O PCA program gets going.
This is necessary for some programs due to a lack of instructors.
So how does someone getting bumped cause an excess? I'd love to be able to follow your logic. If that's the case, then additional Flex instructors would cause MORE excesses because they occasionally PDO bump, too. If the captain is not willing to be bumped, it doesn't happen. So how again does this cause people to be excessed?
Don't worry, this too shall pass and soon enough you'll be able to puff your chest out, put on your hat with the scrambled eggs and say "That's right, you're the Captain" to yourself in the mirror... Yeeesh.