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Std Deviation
Seems a good CRM question to ask would be,"captain answers cellphone and starts having conversation during taxi out at X (let's say JFK just to make it more accurate) what do you do FO?"
This. My second-to-last trip as an Embraer Captain I had a 4-leg turn with a brand-new, 26 year old guy. Sharp, good airman, couldn't stop talking about his girlfriend. After the last landing in BOS we are sitting in that no-man's land on M between 33L and 4L at Q... Tower clears us to cross after a landing SAAB and no response on the radio, look right and he's on the phone. I apologize to tower for the missed call and tell the little snot we aren't going anywhere till he gets his tail off the phone. Needless to say the cockpit door was closed during deplaning and the debrief was, lively shall we say.... Un-effing believable. And before you young guys get all butt-hurt, I'm aware that older dudes in the left seat have also been guilty....