Originally Posted by Blueskies21

I generally agree with most of what you say, but this one is tough to swallow. You're telling an FO to call scheduling and ask to be removed from a trip for the Captains's lack of SOP? I don't think scheduling is going to take that well, and they certainly aren't going to direct you to pro standards.

Assuming they DO remove the FO, everyone involved is going to get to go talk to a chief pilot.

I'm not defending a non-SOP Captain. We're paid to do a job, we should do it according to current SOP certainly but calling to be removed from a trip due to that, especially as a probationary pilot, is a bold move.

I will say, definitely call pro standards, and for your part, do all of the required briefings and checklists regardless of what the Captain says, it's your license too.

If the Company wants to weed out the non-SOP Captains, that's what line checks are for.