Originally Posted by
TurbineTime
Nope... Absolutely not. But that sounds a lot more like the training departments fault then anything else. If this guy cant even talk on the mic, how did he mange to bumble his way through training?? Hate to say it, but if he managed to make it all the way to the flight line, somebody who is NOT a 250 hour "wonder" should have washed him out a long time before you flew with him. Maybe we shouldn't be focusing so hard on the skill of new pilots and be spending a little more time looking into the skill of those who are supposed to be teaching them.
But no, I dont think you should be held responsible for teaching FO's how to speak.
agreed...but we need to be looking at his primary/instument/cfi/commercial training, not the airline's training that he was hired at. They slip through because nowhere from your interview, through ground school, through sims and PC are you really required to talk to ATC on the radio, until you get to IOE. it is rightfully assumed you know these things. And lets face it, you're probably not gonna bust a newbie on IOE just for his lack of radio etiquette...assuming all other areas are progressing normally. it's hard to undo 250 hours of poor radio communication skills in 25 hours of OE...