Valmont,
I don't fly anymore but I know I have flown with you, or your clone of a wanna be pilot...
CRM is Great, I endorse it, but the cockpit is not a democracy...Only ONE PERSON'S decision matters in the final analogy....and that person is NOT YOU!!!
For you to refer to your CAPTAIN as "That Dude" marks you as a frigging jerk in the very first instance...
You're Profile? Commercial Pilot? At FL510? You're either a dreamer or a bigger a$$hole than you have portrayed yourself as on this thread...
Let me know who you work for, and who this "Dude" is, and I'll call your Chief Pilot with a printout of your comments, and then it definately will be "PROBLEM SOLVED" for you, the "Dude", and the next sorry "Dude" who is unfortunate to be desperate enough to have you show up in his right (CO-PILOT) seat...Bl@w Me...Send me a PM and I'll give you my phone #...I don't hide behind PPrune...DI3G