InvestigateUdom
InvestigateUdom
Out in Asia the word 'Competent' is used very, very loosely. I flew with an Asian carrier as a first officer and the standard of captains varied considerably. In Asia I flew with the best captains I have ever flown with and by far the most scary buggers. Whom for some reason always pass their Sim checks, but frequently loosing their situational awareness on approach!!! Furthermore, these dodgy captains also display terrible knowledge of the aircraft. For instance, after climbing through a CB I notice a unhealthy build up of ice on our B737 wings. I told the captain I was turning on the 'Wing Anti-ice' and he nearly leapt out of his skin. He said I couldn't do that because it would depressurize the aircraft. WHAT??? I think I would be more worried about keeping a linear flow over the wing as we approached the cruise and neared the coffin corner!!!