F/O decisions CRM
Hi all! I have had a lot of discussions with colleagues and find it very interesting to hear how people would act in diffrent situations.
So I am hoping for replys from fellow F/Os on what they would do.
In both scenarios Captain is PF.
1. Say you are flying with a Captain that you get on with, and he is flying the approach to fast, you decide not to comment, but you have an SOP with a stabilized approach consept (Meaning at 500ft RA you should be on glide, and on track at Vref+20/-0) You are now at Vref+40 and hardly slowing down. So you call "500 NOT stabilized!" at 470RA you call "go-around!"
The captain elects not to. Do you take controls and perform a G/A?
The runway is twise the landing roll required. Do you write a report?
After landing the Captain explains that it is always captains desgression to to what ever.
2. You are on approch to a mid-sized (2500M) airport and cleared for an ILS approch. The Captain is "hot and high" (not talking about apperances here) and can see the field and know that there is no way of making a straight-in approach from where you are, so you ask the captain if you should request a visual approach with an orbit to lose the excess altitude. The captain agrees and you get the clearance, but then the captain will not do the orbit and says "I can do it" followed by a 15 degree pitch down and 3000VSI resulting in a GPWS "Sink rate!" You think he can make it, but just bearly... What do you do? Do you take controls? Do you write a report?