Thanks for the nice words. I usually start my briefings off with something like, "we come into this cockpit as friends and we leave as friends and if I say or do anything that offends you, please let me know as I don't mean to do that ". I've found this really opens the door to conversation without fear of getting chewed out. My cockpit is run in a very professional, yet laid back manner. Putting a new FO at ease is always my first priority and by the end of the trip, most have gained a bit of knowledge and made a friend in the process. Being a captain requires having to bite your tongue every now and then and letting an FO make mistakes to learn, but their is always the right way and wrong way to do things. I've had a few FO's have the power pulled without checking to see that the APU is up running and on line. It gets their attention and they apologize a lot, but it's something they'll do once and learn what the results are........... Reloading the box and explaining to the FA's what you did is always a bit humbling, but EVERYONE does it once. But their are CA's that'll jump all over you for doing stuff like that and in the end, it only breaks good CRM down and is not condusive to a nice cockpit. Learn from the guys you fly with and take the good stuff with you to the left seat. After all, having fun is what this is all about.