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Old 19th Jan 2002, 07:30
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polzin
 
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A captain, thirty years ago, handed me NTSB reports of accidents over a period of a couple years. I noticed that in an amazing number of times the FO was correct ! But he often paid with his life ! In the last year in a CRM course it was stated that this was true 80% of the time. I decided when I became a Captain not to do anything ( within reason ) that would make a fellow crew member uncomfortable. If a Captain treats a co-pilot as a monkey that is exactly what he will end up flying with because after awhile it is just easier for the co-pilot to give up. We all want to be Captains eventually , most of us are first born and want to be in charge. A definite positive in the case of our job description. If you are telling the complete truth, which I think you are, the captain over reacted. As I told a Captain once , " You have become the type of Captain that you once complained about." Hang in there Mate. In any group 10% are real jerks. Usually in aviation it is only 5%.
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