Timeline for Why did the captain of the Enterprise - B seem so inexperienced?

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Nov 9, 2015 at 7:44	comment	added	Often Right		@JaneS that's totally okay; as the OP it is your call as to which answer best addresses the question. Just glad to have offered another perspective :D
Nov 9, 2015 at 6:51	comment	added	Jane S		Much as I like this answer as is perhaps the most canon (from the script, no less!), from an in-universe perspective I think Praxis's answer gives a little more on the range of interplaying factors :)
Nov 9, 2015 at 4:48	comment	added	Jane S		Next Tuesday was going to be a busy day on the B :) But you would think that Starfleet would season their captains on smaller, older vessels before putting them in charge of a brand new ship that has half its systems not ready, even if it was only doing a trip around the "block", so to speak :)
Nov 9, 2015 at 4:44	comment	added	Often Right		@JaneS that's totally fine. To answer your question as to why they'd put an inexperienced captain at the helm, well it wasn't Starfleet's plan to send him on a rescue mission without a fully functional ship and all Captains are inexperienced at some point!
Nov 9, 2015 at 4:43	comment	added	Jane S		I'll admit I didn't read that part :) I guess to me that it just doesn't make sense why would they place an inexperienced captain at the helm. I'll very likely accept the answer a bit later, I'd just like some more viewpoints before stifling additional responses :)
Nov 9, 2015 at 4:36	history	answered	Often Right	CC BY-SA 3.0