First trip was like a 4 day checkride! I had actually expected some mentoring to occur, but it was more like a bunch of criticism about everything I did wrong. I knew I was going to be behind, but I expected some pointers, direction and instruction. I went home and told my wife that I may have made a mistake with this job, and that if it didn't change soon, I was going to do something else. Second IOE captain was better, and the third was awesome. I remember him saying, "Now, they probably don't teach this in the classroom, but last leg home at the end of a trip, we don't do that cost index stuff. Just let the big dog eat and get me home!" It gets exponentially better once you get through IOE!