Pilot Pete: Is there a group of pilots there who are part of a union branch, such as "Professional Standards" who guys/gals can appeal to, especially when people's styles or personalities clash? When there is a choice in the US, going straight to a Chief Pilot or Check Airman etc can be considered very bad form, depending on the country you live in.
A few people who simply ignore the low-profile solutions and go straight to a Chief Pilot over small matters (flicking the battery switch to shutdown the APU or forcefully holding the spoiler handle down for a few seconds when landing, in order to get a smoother touchdown etc), often want to promote themselves into different flying jobs which add a title to their job description, and would be considered chicken-****s at my airline. If significant, repeated safety violations happen, the Check Airmen hear about it somehow through the grapevine, anyway.
By the way, if someone pretty well calls for "flaps zero" and "slats retract" etc within a few knots of the right speeds, tries to level off at the required altitudes, tries hard to navigate (and dodge thunderstorms or major vertical cloud build-ups), tries to remember to call for checklists and flies the approach with a good effort at such important things, then jerk Captains should not interfere with anyone's different techniques or styles.
If such Captains are not getting much 'trim' at home (you know what I mean...), then maybe a good deal can be found with a jevrouw in Amsterdam, not far from Centraal Station.
Last edited by Ignition Override; 1st Feb 2003 at 03:35.