New captain .... advice?

[Wankel7]

I just finished my upgrade with the company I work for flying a turboprop doing on demand cargo.

So, I was wondering if anybody wanted to offer sound advice for the new responsibility. Thanks!

Wankel

 

[mar]

Congratulations

*Always* offer to buy the beer.

I'd offer some more advice but screw scheduling just called.

Good luck.

Always listen to your copilot.

 

[enigma]

When it's the FO's leg, put the gear down when YOU want it down!

enigma

























relax, it's an inside joke.

 

[crowbar]

When it's the FO's leg, put the gear down when YOU want it down!

That sounds like some very good advise.

 

[Wankel7]

Hum, I am on the outside of that inside joke....

 

[bobbysamd]

Being a good captain

Congratulations!!

Best advice I can think of is to remember the good and bad Captains that you had while you were a new FO and emulate the good ones. In other words, treat your FO the way you liked being treated.

Good luck with your new responsibilities.

 

[TurboS7]

Remember the real reason you are there. To move metal, and the freight--SAFELY. Remember behind each piece of freight there is a person on both ends sending and receiving it. You will have good FO's, bad FO's, and some that are real jerks, learn from them all.

 

[enigma]

Hum, I am on the outside of that inside joke....

Hummm, I pissed all of the regional bbs FO's off, here

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showth...0&perpage=25&highlight=be99chick&pagenumber=2


enigma

 

[AA717driver]

First off, I want to party with the girl in crowbar's avatar.

Now, down to business. Don't be an a**hole but never get your a** in a crack trying to be a nice guy.

It's your license on the line and you need to run the operation. If your management wants you to jeapordize your life or license, it's time to move on. If you draw the line and they won't honor it, you're at the wrong company.

Have fun--it's a hoot!TC

P.S.--Did I mention I have the hots for the girl in crowbar's avatar? Not that I'm obsessing....

 

[typhoonpilot]

Think Safety first, or put in other terms, think about your decisions based on how the accident review board would review them.

Also there is the old adage about the runway behind you, the sky above you, and the fuel in the truck.

Have fun in your new position,


Typhoonpilot

 

[A Squared]

Re: Congratulations

*Always* offer to buy the beer.

No, that's not true, the f/o should always buy the beer.

 

[Big Duke Six]

Now, I only had the occasional FO to contend with while I was flying freight in the Metroliner, so Typhoon's advice about evaluating your decisions from the accident review boards' point of view is great. Fortunately, someone gave me that early in my freight career and it really can make a difference. In the absence of another crewmember, bouncing your decisions off "the review board" while you are making them is a great way to keep yourself out of trouble. It really works, and I caught myself several times using this sage advice.

In the single-pilot world, it can be easy to get too focused on your "mission". The killer is that it can be tempting to feel that hey, it's 5 am, it's been a long night, no one is looking, I'll just do this, or that, etc etc etc. The insane thing is that there is often more pressure to deliver freight than there is to deliver people. You naturally want to look good for your employer and be one of those guys who gets the job done. You need to divorce yourself from those pressures and do what is right. This technique makes it easy, and puts things instantly into perspective. "So Mr. Six, we understand you went well below minimums at your primary airport and impacted the hill, shearing off the gear. You were lucky. Your alternate 10 minutes away was 5000 and 5. WTF?" Or in your absence (which is more likely BTW) they will be pondering "Why would he fly the approach with the VOR frequency tuned rather than switch to the localizer frequency?" Or, "How could he have failed to realize he was on the wrong side of the course and flown right into that mountain?" I don't care how many times you have flown an approach, check and recheck and check and recheck things again! Including your gear. ALL THREE OF THEM. Make d@mn sure you know where you are ALL THE TIME. Luckily I learned these lessons from other people's experience.

Alternatively, keep the potential headline of the local paper in mind and it will help keep you straight. "Metroliner Flies Through Thunderstorm to Deliver Prize-Winning Sperm, Disintegrates In Flight" or "Airport Neighbors Jarred Awake by Impact of Freighter Carrying Newspapers".

Have I overstated my case yet?

Have fun - it can be a lot of fun. Come back the next day.

 

[FlyaGuppy]

Lots of great advice here. One more piece of advice: Don't always make us FO's take the fat one. You know we'd rather the skinny one, and we normally keep our mouths shut when you grab her up and we must jump on the grenade for your four stripes. But please, once in a while have a generous heart and give us the size 2. Another big no-no is to make us take the fat one in a group of three, just so you can score points with one of the two hot gals in the group. Why not just set your sights on just one of the two hotties, instead of being a greedy bastard? Then let us try on the other. I mean, FO's are Captain's in training, are we not?

 

[rettofly]

Re: Being a good captain

Congratulations!!

Best advice I can think of is to remember the good and bad Captains that you had while you were a new FO and emulate the good ones. In other words, treat your FO the way you liked being treated.

Good luck with your new responsibilities.

Treat your F/Os well! One of them may be your Captain someday at another job.

 

[flint4xx]

The Golden Rule applies no matter what seat or what job...

 

[Thedude]

Remember this. as a new Captain you will be a dick head for about three months. You won't even know it until you realize it one day. Then you will really start figuiring things out.

When its the f/o's leg ...its his a/c unless he is about to get you killed of violated or both.

Maintaince is your friend...work with them

If you a/c does not require a type rating to sit in the left seat you are not a Captain...just another pilot.

 

[TonyC]

When its the f/o's leg ...its his a/c unless he is about to get you killed of violated or both.

Here we go again...

When it's the "F/O's leg," it's still the Captain's airplane.

Then you will really start figuiring things out.

When its the f/o's leg ...its his a/c unless he is about to get you killed of violated or both.

Maintaince is your friend...work with them


Current Position: Hiting on your girlfriend

Oh, and if you can't spell any better than this, ask the F/O to do the maintenance writeups for you so you won't look so illiterate.

 

[Thedude]

Tony C,
Well I guess I will have to proof my posts a little more closely if you are gonna throw stones at something I quickly pounded out on the keyboard. And yes, I am not that great of a typeist
I'll bet your just a joy to fly with too.

 

[TonyC]

Tony C,
Well I guess I will have to proof my posts a little more closely if you are gonna throw stones at something I quickly pounded out on the keyboard. And yes, I am not that great of a typeist
I'll bet your just a joy to fly with too.

Sorry, Thedude - - I doubt I would have mentioned anything about spelling had you not asserted that the airplane EVER belongs to the F/O. Besides, the misspelling of "hitting" is in your profile - - it shows up every time you post.

Nothing personal, but I strongly disagree with your thought on "F/O's" legs.

 

[AA717driver]

I always take the fat one... I don't have a problem with that. TC