Nicholas

The questions below are very similar. How do you answer these type of questions? I am not talking about a specific answer, but the general idea behind what to do exactly. Anyone, help?

The Capt. continues an approach beyond minimum's, he tell's you that he's shot this approach a 1,000 times, know's the area, and everything's fine. What will you do?

You find your Capt. drinking before a flight, how will you handle this?

You are talking to the Capt., and you smell alcohol. Although you didn't see him drinking, what would you do?

The Capt. tell's you the smoke is normal and it will clear itself, 15 minutes later the condition is growing worse. The Capt. gives you the same response.. now, what would you do?

The aircraft is loaded way beyond gross wt., the Capt. tell's you that he does this all the time, and the aircraft will fly. What do you do?

Thanks!

SIC

Buddy if you have to think about this I have not much hope for you.
The LAW and SAFETY always comes first.

In an airline interview your answer is ALWAYS the legal issue first. It is not legal to go below mins/ overload etc etc.

Secondly you convince the guy otherwise - by threatening the law - drunk captain must book himself off sick or else....

Nicholas

well the answers you have given are obvious. but what I meant was how do you approach the problem.

theoretically, if the capt insist that he is fine, do you start an argument with him?

do you tell the company right away?

milehiclub

Given the circumstances, the pilot has the right to relieve captain of his command, especially when lives are at stake. The latter is not always right and if he insists, it's not the time for an arguement. If need be, involve the purser. Should things turn ugly, restrain if neccessary and report to the management via detailed documents after touchdown.

This is assuming that the pilot's keen observation is true and when all else fails.