Originally Posted by YellowLemon

I like flying with captains like you who enjoy mentoring but sometimes not all FOs want to be mentored all the time. That sometimes turns into dictation and it gets annoying. I started at NK along with all the CFI during the wave but this was not my first job. After professionally flying for years I was shocked to see how some reserve captains just assumed that I do not know anything (and I could have been a j**k and reminded them i am typed in the airplane as well, but mostly as a new FO i just took it). Flying was turning less of a fun when a CA just sits there telling you what to do at each step before you do it (even though you know what to do). It took me a few months to start being annoying and start talking nonstop about my littlest thing i am thinking about and or going to do next in advance before they tell me what my next step should be 5 miles out. I’m all about CRM and mentoring and doing things the right way but dictation of every single aspect of my duties is something I don’t accept. Lately it’s been better but only ever had issues with reserve CA treating like i am a pax. Never had any issues with line holders. I am sure they probably had some bad experiences from new FOs but you cannot treat everyone alike based on the date they were hired.