Strange habits of your copilots...

[sudden Winds]

John Citizen

And what if you´re a FO who happens to BE an instructor and see the captain doing stupid things ?
I´ve seen all kinds of stupidities and I have never said anything unless safety was compromised or headed in that direction. I´ve seen captains forgetting to retract the speed brake and the throttles accelerating and wondering what the heck was going on, I ´ve seen people who don´t like to study and tell you to do things contrary to what´s written...nice to see their faces when you pull the book out of your case and show them that they´ve been screwing up for a while, and worse, telling others to follow their not recommended techniques.

LEM, the pilot flying next to you is not your copilot, he/she is one more pilot that happens to have been hired after you were, and if he´s not undergoing instruction (and you´re not an instructor, which it´s obvious you´re not) make sure you intervine in his flight only when safety is an issue, unless you want everyone to wish they could just call in sick everytime they have to fly with you.
SW.