Originally Posted by
clipperskipper
It's nice to have someone in the right seat, every baggage cart incident has
usually been on the starboard side of the aircraft.
Yeah, it is nice. That said, I flew with a guy who almost let me bust a hold short clearance on taxi because he didn't want to speak up. I don't think I'm an ogre in the cockpit, either. I just think it's a culture problem the company has that really needs to be addressed by the training department. I don't want to disparage the good ones, but a lot of FOs were coming online thinking they got to collect a paycheck and log time by going on airplane rides. As you well know, that's just not true. Ask my 9K pilot roommate; I can still put on a good 9K rant even though I've moved on, haha.