This guy sounds like me to be an ex Boing analogue dinosaur who (at best) didn't/wouldn't understand the airbus philosophy during his conversion and hasn't been subjected to enough Professional FOs to question his methods on the line.
At worst he is the sort of analogue dinosaur who imagines he actually knows better than Airbus and all their computers - and is thus in dire need of a frank discussion with Flight Standards.
DO NOT 'go with the flow', that is how mavericks like this continue to harrass FOs and lead them into bad habits too. Have a quiet word with someone sympathetic that you can speak to in the Training Office and explain your concerns without sounding accusatory or intent on 'shopping' him.
People like this need to have their attitudes realigned, they are not doing anyone any favours at all and you and your colleagues are doing no-one any favours by letting them carry on.
Remember. You too hold a Professional flying licence and are bound by all that entails. It is your duty to address this matter. Tactfully and sensitively, but address it you must.
You need the courage of your convictions. I once was put in a position where I was forced to report a "captain" who resolutely and continuously refused toeven bother with, let alone adhere to checklists, apply SOPs and behaved as an autocratic one-man multi-fingered switch-flicker without engaging the FO in the process at all. The company was a disgracefully unprofessional one and my observations were made public and despite many FO's privately agreeing with my points I was ostracised as a 'sneak'. That pilot should never have had a flying licence for a Cessna but there he was "in charge' of a 737. He had four rings and I was just dirt. Fortunately the company deservedly went bust at about the same time and I commenced the rest of my career with a responsible outfit.
Moral? Be prepared for this to backfire on you - but if you are a true Professsional it is your duty, that is DUTY to flight safety and your passengers to act and accept any adverse consequences with Professional patience. The world will move on and you with it as a better, wiser and above all a more confidently Professional pilot. If your company is properly run none of the above adverse comments will apply.
Last edited by meleagertoo; 1st March 2023 at 19:48.