Originally Posted by
ualgrizz
Hey Guys your opinion please. Leaving LA got a note on the phone that stated our report time the following day had changed by 15 minutes. Moved up. When in the limo I made the comment...must be due to the construction. Cap pops up and says, no it was me, they don't give us enough time to get picked up in town and get us to the airport in time. I guess he has the prerogative to do that. But, I was a bit surprised he didn't caucus with me at least to give an opportunity to object. I think that is a foul. Sad thing is I would have said sure no worries. As a soon to be Cap, I would never do anything like that without checking in with the FO. First time that's happened in 18 years. I'm I over the top???
Big Foul. More importantly, an unacceptable breach of CRM, capt's authority and any sort of basic professional courtesy. Period, end of discussion. We do not have any sort of sufficient (read safe) visibility into the entire operation to make unilateral decisions like this for all the reasons mentioned. I'm not advocating passivity, just awareness. The 45 minute report will never change if this continues.
The ideas about when and how flight planning is done is an excellent discussion which, in my opinion, is not relevant here.