Originally Posted by
VHOED191006
This is where accidents start to occur; when pilots start to deviate from established SOPs, in favour of their own idiosyncrasies, which haven't proved to be safer, nor more effective. With this tendency to always calculate takeoff performance figures with 'wet runway' selected, say V1 for a dry runway is 140kts, whilst wet is 125kts. Let's say that runway is in fact dry, but this Captain is electing to use the wet runway calculations. If you have an engine failure/fire at, say 132kts, you are able to stop on the runway if your V1 was 140kts, not so much with 125kts. How is it safer to takeoff with a failure, all because your Captain elected to use wet runway calculations? Expect to takeoff normally but be ready and have the appropriate configuration in an event of an emergency, such as using the correct speeds.
Generally, you should trust the numbers that your landing calculator has spat out, particularly if the runway is short.
Having your engines at takeoff thrust for almost 5,000 feet is an awfully long time to have them at such setting.
I find it unacceptable if he is doing many things without telling you or without discussing it with you. How can you and your crew share the same picture/idea if you don't convey what you are doing?
Unfortunately, like others here have said, just sit down, smile and go along with it, unless it is abundantly clear to you that there is/will be an issue.
Thanks for your input. You are spot on with the V1 on wet vs dry.
Landing VOR he went fully managed, and after FINAL APP engagement I was waiting for him to set GA altitude. So as we had RWY in sight and moments before flying manual, I reminded him politely to set the GA ALT. After landing he scolded me a bit, said I seem like I was flexing my knowledge and thinking that he doesnt know what to do.
There is no CRM. It's either his way or no way. We were landing in a CAVOK RWY with normal winds and he immediately dropped the gear down, flap 3, full without me asking. We were not heavy, high, fast nor asked to slow down. After landing he noticed I was very quiet and annoyed and he said, "Don't be mad I dropped the gear down, it's better we get early stabilized"
Anyway this begs the question, would it be better to just make the other person feel comfortable flying with you with whatever he does and roll with the punches as long as there is no flight safety involved, or be standard but assertive?