Originally Posted by CrowneVic

Exactly this.

If you were the CA, rather than spending the time and energy to post on another carrier’s thread because you were so offended, how about exercising some of that CA leadership with which you were entrusted and give the lad a proper explanation of the etiqutte expected of jumpseaters.

A gentle explanation of professional expectations would have resulted in some embarrassment on his part, but would have been far more efective than the big nothing you have achieved here.

He was wrong. But you were more so, because you let the opportunity to make a difference slip by.

Now, the bahavior goes unchanged and will be carried into the future until someone willing to exercise some leadership steps up to the plate.

End of story.

At the risk of being flamed, I believe this event is exactly the answer about all the back and forth questions about why airlines prefer military.

Monkey skills are monkey skills. Leading men and women outside of those isolated skill sets is what has always set military folks apart, officer and enlisted alike. This is the trait that airlines seek out in their hiring of future Captains.

I am willing to go out on a limb here and venture a guess this CA was not prior military.

No, I am not saying prior mil are perfect. Many are slugs. I am speaking in generalities. If the CA in this scenario were prior mil, it is much less likely any of us would be reading these posts.

Flame away!