PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Human facors - sarcasm on the flight deck
Old 29th January 2012 | 20:40
  #12 (permalink)  
parabellum
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
 
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 4,103
Likes: 5
From: Chabanais, France
Having flown with Centaurus, (many moons ago), I know he is not at all an autocratic captain and flying was always enjoyable and informative, but in my latter years of flying I did come across what I call the 'New Age' FOs who invariably have never been in the military and would challenge for challengings sake, rather than for anything productive. A previous poster said;
the question "who has control" is valid.
I disagree entirely, there is a realm of difference between command and control, but, in the case quoted in the OP, I do believe the captain should have prompted the FO into action by drawing his attention to the weather ahead and giving him the opportunity to participate in the decision making process.
parabellum is offline  
Reply