Originally Posted by
CLE to IAH
Great points. I appreciate it. Yeah I don’t want to be “that captain” and I’m sure I won’t. I’m not a “show them who is boss” kind of guy, which is why I asked the question. It will be a learning curve though, letting my “newness” to the seat smooth out.
Some of the best captains I had at XJT were easy going enough and confident in their captain ability to allow me to fly the plane without all the prompting and overbearing “you should keep your water bottle here, it’s the best place on the flight deck to hold it” 🙄
I get that and honestly I think it will just take some time. You got this. People that ask these types of questions aren’t the problem CAs.
Honestly it’s not the 3.5 stripes FOs you have to worry about it’s the 2.5 stripes.