>>I would also have 'reamed him out' if I had had anything to do with it, big time!!
If you can't do the job properly, get out of the way and let somebody in who can!!
I am very padantic, I believe you have to be, I've 14,000 hours of accident/incident free flying in my logbook that says so!<<
Yep, there are a lot fewer people with God complexes in aviation these days thanks to CRM but looks like there are still a few...