Originally Posted by
IcePack
JC07 then doing the landing yourself would be appropriate. (As you thought 40 was prudent)
Ah but that "might" upset the CRM dynamic.
Just saying.
A big part of multi-crew flying is risk assessment. As a Captain some things you can compromise on if in your professional judgment it does not adversely affect safety. The Captain accepting a flap 30 would be a case in point - based on any performance graph no doubt flap 30 was more than adequate. Flap 30 is a perfectly acceptable landing flap setting in the 737.
The Captain was used to flaps 40 from his previous operation, but this company used 30 as standard. Also playing in his mind no doubt was that the FO exhibited excellent flying skills during the previous approaches and landings. These are all things a commander takes into account.
But by his own admission his failure was in not calling the go around after the float. I don't think this was a CRM failure. It was just a bad call during a very dynamic situation.