True that on the final approach (and therefore landing) the highest-ranked pilot has the command?

Question

i mean let's imagine we are on a 11-hour flight, and so therefore we have one captain, one release pilot and the co-pilot. So, is ALWAYS the captain on the left seat at the landing?

Answer 1

'release' pilot? what does he do??

Answer 2

The aircraft captain is always 'in command', if another pilot is flying the aircraft he is only the handling pilot, he is not in command.

Answer 3

No.  Not true at all.

Co-Pilots are not "pilots in training."  They are fully rated, fully qualified pilots, with years of experience who are perfectly capable of flying the aircraft themselves.  The designation of "captain" simply refers to the level of authority and responsibility.  i.e. Someone's gotta be in charge.

Captains and First Officers (Co-Pilots) typically just alternate legs.  Me first, then you, then me again...and so on.

Answer 4

its not always true somtimes the co pilot is the person who lands the plane ex the BA 777-200ER crash g-ymmm the co pilot landed the plane

Answer 5

I worked as a flight attendant for many years and have, of course, had many conversations with pilots.  Most choose to alternate the take-off/ landing.  So, sometimes the captain will land the plane and other times the flirst-officer.  They always remain in their respective seats ( the plane is controllable from either the left or right seat).  That being said, the captain always has authority as to who will be handling the aircraft at any given time.

Answer 6

No. First the Pilot-in -Command IS the Pilot-in-Command no matter what the rank, age, time in service, etc.

Normally the pilots alternate the legs, Capt. takes one leg the co-pilot take the second, etc

Answer 7

It usually is, but a co-pilot may be there later in training. I don't think release pilots exist.

In modern planes they say that they're flown by a pilot and a dog. The dog's job is to bite the pilot if he tries to touch anything

Answer 8

The Captain is responsible for everything on and about the airplane, down to the coffee filters in the galley, from the moment she goes on duty until the duty shift is over.

The Captain delegates responsibility during different phases of the flight, and, of course, on long flights, there is a set responsibility schedule on the flight deck, and various crew members are in the position of chief responsible officer.  The Captain can designate another pilot on the flight deck to land the airplane at any time.  The way these things are done is a matter of company policy and the preferences of the Captain.

It can be very different from one flight deck to another.

But if a problem develops during a flight, you always alert the Captain, even if that means waking her up.

(Never heard of a "release pilot."  You probably mean "relief pilot."  They are present on long flights to rotate in with the starting crew, and may be asked by the Captain to take any duty during a flight.)

Answer 9

No this is not true , I know copilots that have up to a thousand+ more hours than the captains they work with. A copilot is "lower ranked" because he isn't high up in senoirity!!! And yes a copilot can land the plane ,  the crew takes shifts because they usually fly together to multiple cities.Remember senoirity matters!! An American airlines pilot can transfer to Delta with 10,500 hours and has to work as copilot even though his captain might only have 7,000.