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Originally Posted by max8222
I like the way Delta does it on trips with RFO. Who ever has the least # of landings on the paperwork or who needs one to stay current gets the leg. I think we have to many big egos and seniority issues here for that to ever happen.
I worked at a previous airline where the f/o got the "extra" landing. In other words, if there were three landings, the f/o got 2 of them (5 landings, the f/o got 3 ... you get the idea). It was sort of the Capt's responsibility to "train" the new "young guns." I'm a bit surprised at the FedEx concept that the Capt takes the first landing and then alternates concept (which also means that if there is only 1 landing, the Capt. takes it!).
With RSV, RFO, BMP, VAC and high mins Capt's ... it can be really tough for an f/o to stay current. I was an MD-11 f/o for 9 years and averaged 2 landings/mo (many months I received none).
So ... I almost always give my f/o's the "extra" landings and I always try to buy the first beer