Understand that the captain may be the biggest
in the company but he is the commander of the aircraft.
Once you have got to grips with that the rest should fall into place naturally.
Ok, so does this mean :
- allow the captain to fly his own way and deliberately not follow SOP ?
- allow the captain to bully you and not stand up yourself ?
- not point out any errors the captain might make (so not to embarass him)
- not make any standard calls if the captain is outside tolerance /about to exceed limits (no to embarass him / allow him to be a rebel) ?
- allow the captain to exceed company limits and not say anything to him ? (not to embarass him / allow him to be a rebel)
- adapt to the captains non-standard ways and fly the non-standard way he (she) likes to fly ?
- always agree with the captain when you know he is wrong ?
- never to consult any documents to point out what the books say to him (her) (when you know you are right) ?
- not offer any advice/suggestions to the captain (because it will be against his pride to listen to you) ?
- allow the captain to discourage you from following SOP ?
- allow the captain to teach you his non-standard ways ?
- make detailed notes on each captain I fly with (because they are all so different) so that I can alter how I fly depending on the captain I fly with ?
- pretend to treat the captain like your best friend even though he is the biggest
?