Originally Posted by
Banshee365
I kinda have to disagree with that. I have never flown the 200 and have flown with less than a handfull of guy's that are truley not a pleasure to fly with. There are very few and I've flown with all of the guy's you hear everyone mentioning. If you have an ego to uphold and alot to try and prove to others then you will have issues. If you just do the job and let your ego sit aside it's not bad at all. Choose your battles and some things that are said in the cockpit are better just going unanswering or left without comment instead of trying to argue and prove your stance against someone who isn't going to change theirs.
The type of pilot you are referring to is at every airline, in every type of airplane, and at all levels of seniority. Sometimes people are really cool first officers and then they upgrade or get a little bit of authority and they constantly need to demonstrate how much better they are or how much more they know then the average guy. Usually these are the type of people that would never see authority in any other career and have some grandiose idea of the power bestowed upon them.
For new guys starting out it wont be hard to just bite your tongue and take it as a lesson on how NOT to act. For the Comair guy who has 4 yrs under him it will be painful to bite his tongue and put up with some idiots bs.