411A. .Were you Tony's captain to come up wih something like that??? Ole cow!!!. . . .Tony is just a keen guy who obviously knows his airplane better than the guy he was flying with.
The reason why he should not have gone ahead with his report is for one, because being an FO it's a no-win situation. There are other reasons, and it has been discussed thoroughly in other postings. BTW, he already admitted that his CRM was as good (or as bad) as the other guy, so.... . . .That captain should be in Chief Pilot's office and not him. Definately some theories on flying would be appropriate. If not, at least they should make sure he knows what to do when stick shaker is activated. Man, he entered false information into the FMS to prove he was right, and we all know how hectic it got when they reached FL410, plus he didn't have the decency to admit he screwed up royally and ask for a lower level. At one point I thought I was reading the first part of an incident (or accident) report. And you think Tony should get the call down. Get lost. Tony, I think, has learned what there is to be learned from what happened, and will come out a better person and a better pilot from it. The other guy? He still think he was right because HE'S THE CAPTAIN. Thank God, we're not all like him, and you by the same token.
CRM part can be discussed in a bar with the two parties involved but the captain needs quite a bit more that, and it's not two pints nor ten pints that will do unless it comes from another B747 Captain, because they all know better than all the First Officers instantly when they get to that left seat position. Right? That attitude has killed people before and it looks like we are not out of the woods yet.
Flying with Tony? Any day any time.. .411A ???