Approach and Landing Accident Data
K Parker (ATSLtd_at_CompuServe.COM)
Mon, 11 May 1998 06:38:39 -0400
Larry;
In my experience in LOFT and on the line I have observed that when the
"boss" is hand flying the F/O is at times reluctant to tell him he's not
doing a good job. This obviuosly depands on the experience level of the
F/O. The more experienced they are the less reluctant and more assertive
they are. The F/O may feel that since the 'boss" has all this experience he
doesn't have to cross-check whats he does. The other factor is that for
some reason some captains insist on finding something for the F/O to do
during the approach which takes the F/O away from his primary task of
monitoring the approach. This is primarily due to a lack of understanding
of workload management and situational awareness. We are very concerned
about this last point since it seems to be very dominant in our debriefs.
Hope this helps.
CHEERS
Kevin