Originally Posted by
meeko031
Ok, I am flying with a control freak for a captain. During my legs, he wants me to climb out the way he wants to climb out. During approaches, he tells me when to turn, descend(when/rate), when to extend flaps and gears, and when to pull the power back during touchdown.( I m pretty sure that’s a run-on sentence). He is doing this constantly, I don’t mind it during the climb out but during an approach it’s very annoying. I begin to second guess myself because I know he will start to say something. So I try flying it by how I think “he” wants it done(bad idea), I get the same results! It’s either Im extending the gears/flaps too far out or too late! (He also tells me how to do the PNF flows) So I told him that it’s fine if I no longer do the PF duties for the rest of the month to be safe, he replied back with “are you challenging/questioning my experience!!!!! I have flown with different captains, and once with an FAA onboard in the front with no complaints, how do I deal with this guy for the rest of the month!
Oh, yeah… one more thing, he tells me to set up for the next control frequency on stand by so it’s ready. I just looked at him! RANT OVER!
I feel for ya! I had a guy like that a few months ago. I swear, when I landed the last leg of our TWO months
together and he said "my airplane" on the rollout, the angels sang:
HALLELUJAH!
I'm so glad that captain lines come out before FO lines so I don't ever have to fly with him again.
BTW, I wussed out, I never really said anything to him, I just let my blood pressure go up the entire trip.