Originally Posted by Blue Dude

I said to tell the captain first. If the captain insists on violating SOP anyway, intentionally implicating the FO, what position does that leave the FO in? Should he stand up, take himself off the trip, call pro standards? Ok, seems a little over-dramatic but sure. It doesn't seem to fit the usual Pro Standards model, and if you stay on the trip in the meantime, you're tacitly acquiescing to the violations. Hope you're not going to get caught.

I had in mind using ASAP as CYA, not a weapon, but with the knowledge that there is no get-out-of-jail-free card for intentional violations. If you'd rather not ASAP, fill out a FCIR, which protects ASAP but has no possibility of redemption for the captain. If the captain goes ahead in the face of all that, I don't have much pity and hope he dances. Don't forget how selfish and corrupt the captain is being here, daring the FO to overlook violations and implicating him for his own ego at the same time.

Summary: the FO has options other than hoping they don't get caught. Use them.