jb747
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I recently flew in an an A330 MEL-SYD. Just before take-off the captain came over the PA to advise that the FO would be 'taking us to SYD'.
Are there any parts of a flight that the captain must carry out, or could she leave the whole thing to the FO and just observe?
Basically the Captain is in charge of the whole flight, but as much as we can, we fly alternate sectors with the FOs. On their sector they do everything as if they were the captain, until the boss feels the need to intervene. Sometimes that means they do all the PAs, sometimes not.
The FOs don't handle any abnormal landings, nor low vis weather.