Steve Swauger
Southwest Airlines
>Mike Courtney wrote:
>
> Group,
>
> During a type-rating check for a new captain, the following situation
> occurred:
>
> 1. An instructor was to serve as the copilot during the check. The new
> captain had been the instructor's student.
>
> 2. The check was being conducted by a company check airman and observed
> by an FAA inspector. The company check airman was not an APD so the fed
> would be issuing the type rating.
>
> 3. During the briefing, the new captain briefed the copilot on CRM
> issues including instructions to speak up immediately if he saw anything
> that was wrong, or that he had missed, or if he was making a mistake,
> etc. In other words, he briefed the copilot to perform just as would a
> good line copilot and as prescribed in the company's manuals and taught
> in the company's CRM program.
>
> 4. The inspector spoke up and countermanded that part of the briefing
> saying that the copilot was NOT to inform the captain if he made a
> mistake, and that he was not to make suggestions or bring things to the
> captain's attention that he had missed. He said that he had to see if
> the captain could perform adequately if the copilot failed to perform
> appropriately.