Originally Posted by
BluesGuitar
I trust him/her to do the job they were trained to do. So I don’t helicopter parent while they type in the ACARS sitting at the gate. Last I checked the FCOM did t say cross Check and verify administrative tasks with engines shut down at the gate. So I do other CA stuff. Like shutting down the APU after the rampers take 15 minutes to supply ground power. So while the FO is in the box I’m on the ops frequency asking for ground power.
I wouldnt be to quick to blame the fo's. Several times I would get landing currency emails. When I knew for a fact that I had entered the landings into ACARS.
I brought it up a couple of times that the ACARS doesn't seem to accurately capture the information all the time, but it ultimately fell on deaf ears.