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Subject: Re: Crosswind landing Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:41:01 GMT

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:34:54 +0100, Tim C.
wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:55:13 +0000, Mike.....
> wrote:
>
>>Following up to Tim C. wrote:
>>
>>>What's to investigate?
>>>
>>>Why the captain let an inexperienced co-pilot attempt the landing in
>>>the first place?
>>
>>to gain experience?
>
>Of course, you have to learn the hard bits somehow. But it's worth
>looking into.

No it's not except to the uniformed. All pilots have very strict
training standards to meet before they can even be in the cockpit
doing anything and pilots and copilots routinely change places in
piloting an aircraft. It was just her turn. She did succeed
remember?