Originally Posted by
A37575
For heaven's sake the the cockpit is not a democracy nor is it a committee decision. In such a time critical situation the captain is empowered by law to be in sole command. "Agreeing together" before the captain ditches the aircraft is not CRM or TEM and the time is well overdue for some first officers to realise that their task is to give support where the captain requires it - not to demand a committe approach to every action or decision the captain may choose to make.
I don't agree with your comments. A time critical situation also needs good crew coordination.
I know of a situation where the an aircraft in the Caribbean experienced a wheel well fire warning about an hour after take off. The Captain decided he needed to ditch the aircraft. The First Officer had to threaten physical violence in order to persuade to Captain not to ditch the aircraft. The flight continued on and landed at destination.