Here is a quote direct from the Airbus Flight Crew Training Manual :
Quote:
The Pilot Flying (PF)requests the CHECKLIST, and the Pilot Non Flying (PNF) reads it.
This mentions nothing about the Captain reading it when he wants, they way you think it is. It says :
"THE PF REQUESTS..." (no mention of Capt here)
and not (as you believe) :
- "the Captain will offer..."
or "the Captain will always inititiate the checklist whether he be PF or PNF..."
or "the Captain (when PNF) will offer the checklist to the FO (who is PF) when the Captain wants..."
John C. Perhaps the Airbus manual should read "The PF requests the checklist at the appropriate moment so that it may be completed without rushing and in good time to ensure an on time departure, and then the PNF reads it".
Nowhere did I say "the Captain will offer" "the Captain will always" or "the Captain will...when he wants".
As a Captain do you expect me to just sit back and watch our precious time ticking slowly towards and past our scheduled departure time? No, well I hope you don't, and most of the time I don't have to because the majority of F/Os I fly with know what is required of them and are very capable of doing their job. However, there are a few who appear to have no situational awareness and, or, concept of time. If I was to "let them run the show" (your words) then we would be chasing the schedule all day. And I'm not about to let that happen. Therefore, a gentle prod in the right direction is required.
It's called operating commercially.