Originally Posted by
Cycle Pilot
Oh, yes it is. It is the Captain's responsibility... Straight from the FOM...
"The captain is in complete command of the aircraft and has authority over all assigned crewmembers from the time they report for duty until termination of the flight. This includes transportation to and from the layover facility."
You are the supervisor for your crew both in and out of the cockpit while on duty.
Add that to the list of reasons not to upgrade. Yuck.
This is also another reason why I do not really "hang out" with crew members in the terminal between flights. I usually sit somewhere far enough away from everyone, but close enough to where I can see the airplane when it pulls up, drink my coffee, and read or whatever. My supervisor gets the paperwork, and I go down the jetway and do the walk around. I guess I need to start asking my supervisor if I am allowed to go sit and read instead of listen to him talk about his new boat that I couldn't care less about.
Interesting, I was unaware that I had a supervisor from duty on until I closed my hotel room door. I will have fun with this from now on......