Originally Posted by
Electra
Now I'll be elbow deep in paperwork with the phone glued to my ear talking to someone in a 435 area-code and trying to simultaneously deal with ramp/ops/agent/flight attendant... and then I look to my right and see the meat bag occupying the seat next to me playing candy crush or surfing Facebook instead of doing the walk-around because "we aren't done fueling yet".
Originally Posted by
ClickClickBoom
No I am pretty sure you got the biggest douche award for this post. The captain is busy with paper work or shows 10 prior is because he is insuring all MELs are correct, and/or that the A/C isn't going to PHX with a deferred APU or DEN where it may arrive but can't leave because bleeds closed will be required, and a 200 with no APU on a 90f day in DEN is a health and safety hazard. But you don't see that, so it never happened/s. The captain is paid more because he is responsible for not just his job but yours too, and insuring that you do your walk around instead of finger banging your phone is dirty, nasty work.
I hope I never have to fly with either of you. The worst captains out there are the ones who don't respect their FOs or who have forgotten what it's like to be an FO. If you think we don't work hard and you do all of the work then you've clearly forgotten what it's like to be an FO. Obviously you have extra responsibility. That's why you're paid $40/hour more than me. If you want to complain about that responsibility then downgrade back to FO and take your $40 paycut.
If you have a problem with one of your FOs playing with their phone when they're supposed to be doing something, or taking too long to do the walk around talk to them. Maybe they don't know that it offends you. Maybe they're just a little tired and slowing down. Either way communicating to your FO that it's bothering you is probably all that needs to happen to make it stop. You both sound like you'd rather play god captain than actually communicate and be a good crew member.