Originally Posted by
Approach1260
I make sure to tell all my FO's to absolutely speak up and we'll help keep each other out of trouble. I know other new Captains though who like to lord their four bars over the new guys, and they convince these FO's to just sit there and shut up.
Good for you. That's what crew communication and CRM are supposed to be. You've got a great attitude about this also and it may save you from an accident or incident one day.
Gone are the days of the ogre captains who thought the FO was just there to work the flaps, gear and radio and to shut up about any and all decisions. I actually had one of these A-holes tell me " Don't make any radio calls unless I tell you to," after I told ATC that I had the traffic ahead in sight that we were following for the visual.