You might want to consider pointing out to this captain that he is the only captain you fly with who does this. Then ask him if he flew with a lot of captains when he was a first officer, that micromanaged him. One techinque I used a lot when I was a F/O was just to talk a lot about what I was doing. "Ok, we're coming up on five thousand...I'm gonna slow back to 210 and get the slats out. Then we can do the approach checklist." Stuff like that. That way, he knows what you're thinking. Usually micromanaging stems from insecurity...he has to have it a certain way because he can't deal with it if it isn't! This guy probably doesn't think too well outside the box. Either that or he thinks his way is better than whatever you were taught by training and standards. Either way, the bottom line is it's his jet, but you should be able to be the PF and use your own techniques..until you goon it up, then you might wind up doing it his way. Who knows, you might wind up teaching him a thing or two...

 

Try this, next time he decides to micromanage during the approach, just say "You've got the airplane!". Just make sure you were following all FAA and company procedures and be prepared to immediately take over PM duties. Works best if it's real busy and you're being slam dunked. If he wants to know why later, just tell him you felt unsafe trying to fly the airplane and follow his directions at the same time.

 

Just be thankful you only have to put up with this guy for a month. I flew in the right seat with a Capt. like this for 2 yrs. Most horrible 2 yrs of my flying career-Always had something to say no matter what-People like this are control freaks and will never change. I would take the advice of the peers in your industry (airline) and talk to your flight standards dept.
I wish I would have had this option. Good luck !!

 

Maybe isn't the Captain.

 

I think POPA has the best solution. As posted from another thread.

 

Let him think he is in control, that will satisfy his desire.

Same thing when dealing with women, let them think they actually know what they are talking about.

 

Yeah, you're right. Maybe, im the one with the problem, how unprofessional of me to complain and post a comment about my day on how to deal with this super flying god!

 

Ditto JethroFDX (thus FFB)
Insecure Capt. I'd bet lousy CRM briefs as well. I have done the Unkonwn Rider suggestion almost exactly as he stated. The Capt quit and we actually got along well afterwards.

 

DONT do this!!!! This is annoying as hell! I had an FO that would talk her way through everything as if she was still instructing....."Okay i'm bringing the power back, okay trimming it up, okay adding power, okay i'm going to raise the nose and slow it down so we can configure"


I DONT CARE what you are doing, just fly the plane the way the company tells us to and we'll be fine. One of the most annoying FO's I have EVER flown with.

 

I'm glad to hear you say that, Lalo. After reading a few people suggesting that FO's should talk about what they are expecting to do, I was raising an eyebrow because I usually don't do that unless I see something out of whack and I start correcting. I can imagine that would get to be a pain if someone vocalized every move made throughout a trip.