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Old 6th Aug 2018, 09:12
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I like the different comments about the “Captains letting the FO dig holes so they can learn” and the Captains are running the show also when it’s the FO’s sector. This the case most of the time but I have to say there are some exceptions when Captains aren’t running anything. I’ve seen some pretty poor performances from Captains where they lost their being in command due to actions like: not going around on an unstable approach, trying to cross red stop bars when I shout stop and they continue (incl lining up runways), or planning to take minimum fuel to a place with heavy snow. Just saying it’s not only FO’s trying to kill Captains.

The ones I really like is when they ask me to say silly things to ATC. Only recently: “Can you tell tower we would appreciate the first available airborne opportunity?” No, I will not tell tower Captain, we all want to get airborne ASAP..
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