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.
Pinnacle training is not respnosible for teaching you how to speak on the radio. You don't even talk on the radio in training. I'd be surprised if you put a headset on before O.E. Airline Captains are not teachers, they shouldn't be expected to teach, unless of course they are check airman. A good captain may show you a few things or call you out here or there but you aren't logging dual received anymore. A good captain will mentor. It is not his/her responsibility to teach you anything. Their only concern is the airplane and the people in the back, you should already be prepared and ready to assist the capatin in safe operations. A 121 cockpit is no place for a flight lesson. I'll back the wonders if they know what they're doing, but expecting to be taught something is obsurd. I want the crew flying my family to be concentrating on one thing; the sports page or the squall line. Regular line Captains are not flight instructors.