Ant, my friend, you still seem to have missed the point.
You say that the F/O still refused to listen to you even though you got out the books? Well, I wasn't there of course, but it sounds to me that the F/O had already WITHDRAWN his or her support from you. YOU have LOST the battle!
The point is this - a good leader wouldnt need to get out the books - they would guide the subordinate skillfully to do the right thing themselves. The fact that your situation was raised to the CP reflects poorly on you as a Captain.
Ahhh - I can see that I am wasting keyboard characters here, but I must say Centaurus - best thread on Prune for a while...
