SlumTodd_Millionaire
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That some impressive cognitive dissonance. You just finished criticizing the lack of hand flying skills of two accident crews!
That some impressive cognitive dissonance. You just finished criticizing the lack of hand flying skills of two accident crews!
Push lever go faster. Pull lever go slower. Me likey. And when I say lever I'm pronouncing it leeeeeever.
I'm kind of late to the party here. But if it's previously briefed, "sure," auto throttles come back on. Then "why?"
I just had a similar situation with an overbearing captain on a 4 day. Every day was "do this, do that.". Finally, going into our last day, in the van, I asked him to only speak up if he felt I was being unsafe. I try my damnedest to fly standard. We were headed into a our last turn, and were left high. I had it at idle. "It's okay to use spoilers." I know, but I won't need to. If I come down much faster, I'll have to add a bunch of powerbto make the runway."
"Okay, if you're not stable by 1000, we're going around."
I was fully configured, spooled, everything set by 1000. After we landed, at the gate, shut down, pax off, I spoke up.
"Was I unsafe?"
"No."
"Was I outside of standards?"
"No. But that's not how I would have done it."
"Okay. Then you take the last leg home. I'm done."
Was a quiet ride home. And I'm okay with that. Point being, if it's allowed, within standard, and safe, STFU, relax, and let me fly the damn airplane. I get the feeling that there is a lot of piss poor pilots in the right seat at the regional level. So it immediately puts CAPTAINS on high alert. And that's good. But be a leader, not a micro manager. A lot of guys fly the airplane that has me scratching my head. As long as I feel safe, I keep quiet.
Point being, if it's allowed, within standard, and safe, STFU, relax, and let me fly the damn airplane.
I think you have mshunter and cherokee_cruiser mixed up.Don't take this the wrong way, but this all sounds pretty funny coming from a guy who was hired into the regionals with sub-300 hours, and moved on to VA with zero jet PIC time.
That is a lot of hardcore ranting about the behaviors of guys who are in a position of responsibility that you literally have never been in.
Your feelings about safe/standard/legal are all entirely valid, but regarding the "STFU, relax, and let me fly", when it is your name on the release and your pink butt in the other seat, my bet is that you'll have a slightly different take on things.
I think you have mshunter and cherokee_cruiser mixed up.
Don't take this the wrong way, but this all sounds pretty funny coming from a guy who was hired into the regionals with sub-300 hours, and moved on to VA with zero jet PIC time.
That is a lot of hardcore ranting about the behaviors of guys who are in a position of responsibility that you literally have never been in.
Your feelings about safe/standard/legal are all entirely valid, but regarding the "STFU, relax, and let me fly", when it is your name on the release and your pink butt in the other seat, my bet is that you'll have a slightly different take on things.
Hacker15e said:Your feelings about safe/standard/legal are all entirely valid, but regarding the "STFU, relax, and let me fly", when it is your name on the release and your pink butt in the other seat, my bet is that you'll have a slightly different take on things.
Regardless of your mistaken identity, this is still valid. It's the captain's ship. Respect that.
I'm kind of late to the party here. But if it's previously briefed, "sure," auto throttles come back on. Then "why?"
I just had a similar situation with an overbearing captain on a 4 day. Every day was "do this, do that.". Finally, going into our last day, in the van, I asked him to only speak up if he felt I was being unsafe. I try my damnedest to fly standard. We were headed into a our last turn, and were left high. I had it at idle. "It's okay to use spoilers." I know, but I won't need to. If I come down much faster, I'll have to add a bunch of powerbto make the runway."
"Okay, if you're not stable by 1000, we're going around."
I was fully configured, spooled, everything set by 1000. After we landed, at the gate, shut down, pax off, I spoke up.
"Was I unsafe?"
"No."
"Was I outside of standards?"
"No. But that's not how I would have done it."
"Okay. Then you take the last leg home. I'm done."
Was a quiet ride home. And I'm okay with that. Point being, if it's allowed, within standard, and safe, STFU, relax, and let me fly the damn airplane. I get the feeling that there is a lot of piss poor pilots in the right seat at the regional level. So it immediately puts CAPTAINS on high alert. And that's good. But be a leader, not a micro manager. A lot of guys fly the airplane that has me scratching my head. As long as I feel safe, I keep quiet.
Instead of basically slamming the door in your captain's face, how about instead creating a dialogue where both crewmembers can become comfortable communicating with each other. Seems to me, how you handled the situation completely removed one of the biggest elements of mitigating threats and errors... Communication.
Rather than leading with "Was I unsafe/outside of standards?", perhaps simply explain what was going on in your head at the time: i.e. x FPM on the VSI with y miles to go and didn't want to carry a lot of power by coming down too fast too soon. Point is... don't remove a major barrier to threats and errors because you feel he needs to "STFU, relax, and let me fly the damn airplane".
Not if you don't pay attention to settings when AT is always on. I've seen it and it's pretty sad. Like I said, a guy who doesn't feel comfortable with the AT off at 12k on an idle approach and descend profile probably isn't aware of what power setting holds what with AT off. Just IMO
Sure.
I just put it where the plane wants it. Easy peasy.
The captain is not the boss,