Originally Posted by
orvil
I'm going to step up and defend some of the times the landings don't seem like a fair split. I'm happy to be a commander of the radio. I've had plenty of legs in my time.
But, there are times that I'm not going to let the FO take the leg. It's a pretty short list. If he's right out of the schoolhouse, I'll take the first leg. If it's a 900, I'm going to take it until I assess your flying skills. I have a healthy fear of tail strikes. I'd rather hurt your feelings than do a carpet dance over a tail strike. I'll make it up to you later in the trip.
I know landing in the same place is boring. I try to mix it up. I do try to make sure the landings are even.
For you FO's, I can't wait until you make Captain, you will discover that not all of the *******s are in the left seat. I'm just sorry I can't put them on a do not fly with list. Talk about a miserable trip.
Now, let's talk about this long sleeve shirt thing everyone's wrapped around. What is your problem? You need to let it go.
Orvil, you're on post 666. Kind of freaky.
But no everything you said is completely right. Especially on your plane. I'd probably want to do more 1-1-1 if I was flying a 737 on some of the pairings I have seen there.
I remember when I upgraded to Captain I kind of figured the days of bad Captains would be gone, then I learned FOs can ruin a trip just as fast. But the one upside is you're still the Captain but regardless of whether you were left or right seat flying with a good guy made even a bad trip a good trip and vice versa when the guy sucked.
Put it this way, one of the worst Captains I've ever flown with was a new one with horrible CRM. Ended up talking to a Captain of the plane he came off of where he was an FO, and turns out the Captains there hated flying with him. Go figure.
It's a person thing, not a seat thing.