Originally Posted by
MaxQ
While I don't know the tone or the general atmosphere leading up to the example you give, it probably is a good idea to check with the pilot flying before calling traffic in sight in which you know will be followed by a "cleared visual approach..."
I try to give the guys/gals I am flying with the chance to verify they are ok with being cleared for a visual by asking " do you want me to call him in sight"....not the biggest item in CRM but it is something to reflect on.
for what it's worth
Yeah, I hear you, but it was standard procedure for us. The controller says, "You're following a Southwest 737 four miles ahead at 11:00 and 4,000 feet. Call traffic in sight."
30 seconds later, I said to the captain, "I've got the Southwest in sight right there on final", pointed at it and made the radio call.
For him to tell me to ask him before making a radio call is bull****. It was a clear day and no reason for not shooting the visual.
If he was ticked about me calling traffic in sight, he should have said something to me after I pointed out the traffic to him instead of "Okay".