Dealing with difficult Captains
I experienced a difficult situation with a Captain who wanted to go directly outbound on a VOR/ILS after completing a parallel entry over the VOR. Weather was at minima and big nasty mountains very close to our immediate position.
We were a B737 EFIS and ploughing a long at 280Kts (instead of the required 210Kts) on the procedure!!!
How do you confront a CAPTAIN in the heat of the moment and especially when he believes it is a legal maneuver?
He caught me off guard and went straight outbound without completing the required one time around the hold... I refused to call 'outbound'. I told him it was his call and then advised to him headings to steer to save the tattered procedure and prompted radial and DME. Landed safely, but I know this will happen again.
What would you do?
Last edited by Touch'n'oops; 27th Aug 2005 at 17:52.