Generally speaking, the term is "I'll fly - you fix" (or you fly -
I'll fix). The Captain and First Officer generally alternate flying
duties on each leg of the flight. One flys the airplane the other
handles communications, gear, flaps, reads checklists, investigates
burned out bulbs, etc. The key to CRM (Cocpit Resource Management) is
that someone is always paying attention to flying the airplane and not
distracted by fire lights, terrorists, etc.
Steve



On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:37:29 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

On large commercial airliners with required two-person crews, how are
duties usually divided between the captain and the first officer? Are
there specific rules, or are there simply standard conventions, or
does it vary by airline/pilot, or what? Who flies the airplane at
which time, and what does the non-flying pilot do during those times?