>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.
I believe that this area is nicely elaborated in a paper by Steve Last
which is available through the resources page at below address:
http://www.caar.db.erau.edu/crm/resources/paper/last/last.html
Best regards, Tero Lybeck from Finland