> And most of the times, companies choose who is the pilot and who is the copilot randomly on a per-flight basis. What companies are you aware of that do this?

> And most of the times, companies choose who is the pilot and who is the copilot randomly on a per-flight basis. What companies are you aware of that do this? The proper terms are "Captain" and "First Officer" and they are actual rankings within the company, not something that is randomly chosen on a flight-by-flight basis. The actual details of who does what during the flight are generally not related to the ranks ("pilot flying" and "pilot monitoring" duties can and do switch during flight) although the Captain is always the ultimate authority and will be the one to take control in tough situations because he's got more experience. Typical (i.e. almost all) commercial flights will have a Captain sitting in the left seat and a First Officer sitting in the right seat.