Originally Posted by
vessbot
"If you fly, you fly" followed by hand hovering is just like the "I'm pretty laid back..."
pretty sure I am not going to convince anyone but:
I put my hand behind the flap lever on the pedestal, so I am ready when he asks for 'm, I don't hover, and never the gear lever, did the same while I was the FO. If I say "I think you need the flaps/gear" it is because we are well within "my controls/ga-around territory". 20 years, roughly half FO, half PIC, really don't think I have a lot of people who wouldn't fly with me.