Old 12-11-2007 | 05:43 PM
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ewrbasedpilot
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Originally Posted by newKnow
.........Another important point is to let the FO's fly. There is nothing worse than a captain who points out every little mistake or deviation. .........
EXCELLENT point. I hated flying with CA's who briefed they "flew by the book" (ie., "standard"), yet the book they flew from must have been written by themselves. On landing rollout, there's nothing more aggravating than a CA grabbing the controls seconds after touchdown and yelling "I have the aircraft" and totally botching a nice landing by slamming on the brakes and cowboying the aircraft to a stop or quick turnoff. It's hard to learn an airplane when you can't get the feel of it. I also encourage the copilots to make decisions on which runway they'd like to land on, which approach they'd like to fly, or if they'd like any shortcuts enroute. Making them feel like an IMPORTANT part of the crew goes a long way to having a great trip. All the comments I'm seeing here are helping me to add to the things that I'll incorporate on future flights.
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