A good First Officer would...

[hockeypilot44]

Lol. Regional guys are funny. I'm a former regional captain so I can relate, but now I'm looking at about a 15 year upgrade give or take a few years. It's funny how your perspective changes depending on where you are. I heard a regional first officer say he was senior today. I asked him how long he worked there. He said, "just over two years, I should be upgrading soon."

 

[SEVEN]

Don't make the your fellow pilot embarrassed to be paired with you:
1) wear the uniform, all of it, and correctly.
2) watch your language around kids.
3) quit walking with your hands in your pockets and your head down!!!!!!!!
4) don't call the CA "captain", that's gay.
5) realize that the FA probably may not want to sleep with you.
6) put the spoilers away after you make speed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7) quit saying "with you"...that's gayer than item 4.
8) find a better cuss word than "Jesus"...please.
9) this is the big one....seems to get worse with each generation of pilots...watch "Airplane" and know some of the better lines.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

6) put the spoilers away after you make speed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd also like to add, "stow them slowly and easily". There's no need to take a fist full of spoilers and stow all of them in .5 seconds or less, sending the airplane pitching all over the sky as it tries to recover from your sloppy airmanship. Try to give the passengers the impression that you actually are trying to give them a nice ride.

 

[JettBoii]

Know your FOM and POH.

Think before you speak.

Be polite and respectful.

Do not cuss unless he/she does.

Offer to help everybody.

Be professional.

 

[JettBoii]

And..........................dont slam on the brakes on the landing roll.

 

[SplitBar]

A good First Officer doesn't make the Captain have to be the Captain.

 

[acaTerry]

A good First Officer doesn't make the Captain have to be the Captain.

VERY WELL PUT! Now that about sums it all up. When you leave feeling like you flew with a peer rather than a superior, you did a good job.

 

[Kaman]

*Good leadership requires good followership first
*Be an asset to the crew, company and customers, if not go on home.
*Work hard to learn your procedures cold, so that the Captain will recognize you are motivated, professional and competent.
*Fly with precision.
*Remember your job is to make the Captain's job easy, and to make him/her look good. If you did both of those you will have a much better trip!
*Be open to constructive criticisim. This is a one-way exchange. Unsolicited critiquing a Captain that is otherwise following SOPs is the height of disrespect and downright rude.

Regards,
ex-121 Capt/CK airman, now 121 F/O again.

 

[aerobat21]

pretend that you didnt see the the captian ******************** up, and when he slams it in and makes a dumb excuse give a fake laugh

 

[Booker]

Say, "Wow, you're so right!" when the Captain complains about pilots who say "with you" on the radio.