Originally Posted by
MuPpET
What? The FO is reaching for it before he even calls for it... and because he doesn't slam it up like a mongoloid that means he doesn't know which way up is? I nominate you for TOTD for "cringing" over that.
You’re right, I hadn’t noticed the fo reaching before the gear up call. But the captain basically pointing to the handle, and doing the thumbs up motion as if to indicate which way the handle should go, is toolish in my opinion.
And yes, I was calling out the captain not the fo.