Perma -
I was with Cpt Know It All, recently upgraded from F/O Know It All, on a 1 hour flight
- a note of caution, as per my post #14 - there is an outside chance that this Captain DOES know it all (as far as company procedures are concerned, anyway
) having recently completed command training.
As I said, although there may well better solutions to 'cracking the egg', to avoid tears follow the company SOP and if it says initial cruise wind that is TOC. If it says TOC wind.... and if it says 'cruise wind', then the game is on. None of the options will lead you into trouble and as long as both of you know what has been input v what will happen to the winds, problem solved.
Out of interest, what does your ops manual say?