Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
Does your airline allow you to express fatigue about the other crew member? How can you diagnose fatigue? Or, how about professional standards? Ever thought approaching them? You're right, you're a pilot, not a doctor. You can state your observation first with Bob... "Hey Bob, I've been noticing a pattern where I had to intervene/correct. You fell asleep on short final - if I hadn't taken the airplane, we'd have ended up in the news." Then take the next steps... ProStan and start from there. Express your concerns and encourage others to do so as well.
This is not much of a different conversation, although a little harder on the old guy, than you'd have with a millennial or Gen Z'er whose cellphone habits are indeed a safety concern, and when confronted about it, complies for a leg then conveniently forgets to the following leg.
My post that you quoted was a reply to Boeing, explaining the realities of reporting culture in our industry and why his/her desire to see cognitive decline FSAP data was a fool's errand. That data most likely does not exist and would never be made public if it did. Reference my previous post for some of the realities as to why.
Your reply to me changed the topic from cognitive decline to an example of fatigue. I agree with what steps should be taken in your fatigue example. No, my airline does not have a process for me to call in fatigued for the other guy...and no, this is or the cognitive decline of other pilots are not issues I normally have to deal with because I'm a higher seniority Captain. The cellphone habits, on the other hand...