Originally Posted by oicur12.again
Any FO who refused my polite request to refrain from making this childish PA would not be an FO I would enjoy spending 3 days with.
No-one is saying or advocating F/Os refusing Captain's requests or directions to not make the PA or conduct any other type of industrial action. If you politely requested me not to do something and that has no safety/operational implications (and doesn't cause me to violate company SOPs), then I would not do it. It's called CRM.
Simultaneously, I would silently ponder your refusal to support action voted for by 94% of the whole pilot group and wonder whose side you were on. And yes indeed it would certainly make it an uncomfortable 3 days, feeling I needed to watch my back continuously.
