Originally Posted by gatehold

As I prep for an interview I heard an interesting question on a gouge which I do not know how to answer. The question is: You are jumpseating on your company flight, the captain briefs the approach and states we're going to encounter icing conditions. He states we will need to use anti-icing. Upon entering icing conditions the first officer turns on the anti-icing. The captain scolds him and says before he turns on the anti-icing, he should ask. The captain turns off the anti-icing for few minutes, and then turns it back on. If you were the FO how would you react.?