I dont pretend to have all the answers and yes, over my 16 years in the business, I've dropped a few clangers!!!
However, thats 16 years in the UK charter market. I don't know it all, far from it.
However, whenever you try and just give some junior jet jockey (loads of hours sure but straight out of the air force, night cargo, helicopters, cranfield) the occasional word of wisdom, one wastes ones breath. Shame really. Like everyone else out there you try and help..... alas the bronze god always knows best ( I asked you not to divert to BRD there is no fuel there, like I told you before departure).
But, I'll say this much.....it only happends with UK aircrew. Speak to a Canadian, American, finn etc... They speak you like a professional, they operate like professionals and all you want to do is do the very best you can for them. Why oh why cannot UK aircrew realise that :
AA/ They are just part of the team.
BB/ Following a purple line and typing on an
FMC does not make you a god.
(Although a 19 year old flying a Lancaster to Berlin in 1942 would). In the old days the aircraft were made of wood and the pilots were made of steel......Alas.