In a message dated 97-05-08 20:33:24 EDT, you write:
<< The FO has many
years of experience as aircraft commander with the military and as a
captain on a regional airline. Now, as an FO, he is sorely lacking in
followership skills. He makes PA announcements before consulting with
the captain; he asks for direct vectors without checking with the
captain; he calls dispatch without telling the captain his concerns
beforehand; etc. Of course this is unacceptable in a crew environment
and we have worked out an intervention to help the FO get the message.
>>
If this guy was a "good" AC and Captain, then just a few words to him from
supervision should resolve the problem. I think that the first line of
supervision is the captain with whom he is flying. So Maybe part of the
problem rests in that quarter. If advice or direction does not work, perhaps
some remedial training in what is expected of FO in your company is in order.
Good leaders make good followers. Corollary: Poor followers make poor
leaders. I suspect the FO is either trying to impress by being Mr. Everything
in the cockpit, or he just has not got the picture yet!!! In either case, the
answer lies in supervision, counselling, and/or training.
As to followership training, we devote about 1/2 of the leadership block to
"Followership". The watchwords for the course are: Leadership with
Participation, followership with respect". We also reinforce our
assertiveness training and reemphasize that the final decisions are to be
made by the Captain (or AC).
Dave Wilson
HTI