* * * * * My captain for the trip that evening was Terry Kemp, a highly qualified and most pleasant British gentleman in his early forties. The flight engineer, Mr. Tan, was an efficient thirty-year-old Singaporean. Following their appearance at dispatch, came a surprise in the form of John Maguire, another Brit. He was short in stature, with dark hair, and politely informed me he was my “training first officer.” My "Training First Officer," John Maguire. Under the FAA system, line training was always performed by a training captain. Surprisingly, under the CAAS system, this chore could be performed by a senior first officer; when training a new-hire first officer. John proved to be a professional, with a lo...