Squishy Captains
Going through the "Stroppy FO" thread, I came across some interesting comments:
"But to address your point about management training for captains. I think it's a good idea in principle. I didn't receive any specific management training but I'd have certainly benefited from it in the "early years"!."
"'m an F/O and fly with 1 or 2 captains who are quite frankly a CRM disaster, whilst I would never sit back whilst they did something they shouldn't (yes captains do it too ) "
"I work with a couple of captains who have terrible CRM.. To cap this off, one has terrible hands on skill and the other is poor on the SOP front..."
So let's turn it around a bit... lets say you have a Captain who instills (?) a negative power gradient on the flight deck... his/her cockpit is a democracy where everyone has an equal vote, SOPs may or may not be adhered to, you are unsure whether he/she has the big picture at any given time, and there are moments you question whether he/she has any air sense. This Captain is well established and is seen as an asset by management. What, in this environment, is an FO to do?