Originally Posted by
crjav8er
Yeah that is a boneheaded thing to say. Instead of restricting all of your FO's, how about limiting just the ones that actually have said something stupid. You can't expect all of them to make a mistake.
Or better, allow FOs to make "normal" PA announcements. Special or abnormal conditions certainly MAY warrant the captain doing the announcements, but using a blanket policy of "I do all the announcements" is unprofessional and irrational, IMO.
Trying to rationalize it with "it's okay... I offset it by doing the preflight" is ridiculous.