Originally Posted by
BARKINGMAD
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the (mistaken) impression that CRM courses and simulator/line check team skills assessments were the first way of ironing out such behaviour by captains towards F/Os?
Sometimes it's thing that are only peripherally related to operating the aircraft. A previous poster mentioned a chain-smoking captain. Now that particular issue has now been resolved by regulation, but prior to that happening, if you find breathing smoke continuously on the flight really unpleasant, and the other guy is not willing to subordinate his (legal) preferences to yours, what are you gonna do. Yeah, smoking isn't an issue any more in most countries, but I'm sure if you put your mind to it you could imagine a number of ways in which perfectly competent pilots could also be rather unpleasant to be cooped up with on a flight deck for a week long rotation.