Originally Posted by
Check Airman
Your captain sounds like a micromanaging prick who eschews SOP and CRM in favour of personal techniques. I’d say nod, smile and politely ignore his “techcedures” until he becomes a pain in the ass, then have a chat with your professional standards folks. They ought to straighten him out.
Well, one of his "techcedures" is that there is no limit for THR RED / ACC ALT on PERF T/O
One day we were at a high elev airport (1800AGL) and he changed the Altitudes to 6600/6600
I asked him why? He said there is no limit and told that I sound like I am questioning his experience.
After around 3000ft he changed his mind and pulled OP CLB lol.
Originally Posted by
cav-not-ok
I never thought I'd see the day that Vapp +3 or 4kts becomes a point of contention, or the accuracy level required to adjust the descent path by ~ 25fpm.
Not trying to defend the ol' chap, but 42 years of experience should bring him to around his 60s. Old farts do, what old farts do. As long as it doesn't impact flight safety, just roll with the punches.
If his "techcedures" offend you, then ask him about it. If his explanations don't satisfy you, then file a report with your local flight safety department.
I think it's not an issue but I was asking if it was Prudent. Landing in Chiang Mai we were heavy (73T GW) and Vapp was 144, we had a 7kts tailwind and he changed the Vapp to 147
During approach he was flying, maintaining 800-900 FPM, had a sink in the middle of the glide and went briefly to 1100fpm, but corrected for it.
I was thinking why not just keep the computed Vapp since we also have a tailwind.
And one of his "techcedures" is he changes so many things in the FMS without telling his FO because experience. When I tried to ask a few things to learn more he got offended lol.
Originally Posted by
Check Airman
Some of the best guys I’ve flown with are in their 60’s. Seems like this guy has picked up a LOT of bad habits in his 4 decades in the cockpit. I’ve never seen anyone monitor cabin temps beyond what’s presented on the ECAM.
(I did however fly with one strange fellow who didn’t find the CRUISE page sufficient, so he’d keep it on the COND page the whole time)
Well he doesn't fly with PROG, PLAN, or PERF, he flies with Alpha Call up and types VRTAmax on 1st line, sc1 , sc2, sc3, on the following. I don't know why we need to check the landing g's of the previous crew during cruise. Would be nice to see my track miles during descent tho lol.