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The cockpit crew of Flight 163 was led by a captain with a troubling training history and limited experience on the L1011. Accompanying him were a first officer who had only recently completed his type rating and a flight engineer with a mixed record of training failures. Alarmingly, flight crew competency was substantially compromised, as the pilots lacked adequate experience on the aircraft and were paired without consideration for their individual training backgrounds and performance records.