Well ... this captain has not flown with a FO that gives me a moment of pause.
As with all, to each according to their gifts, skill and efforts.
My style is to let them find their comfort level with as little intervention as possible. I would rather have them throw the gear or extend flaps early; realize it and look over and say something to the effect ... Well that was a little too early ... then to destroy their confidence by delaying a gear or flap extension.
FOs rarely press the field and generally fly more conservatively than captains (opinion).
If I have to get involved while they are flying it usually goes this way:
1) I state ... tell me what you are thinking (this normally opens the lines of communications and provides a graceful exit for one of us if we are pushing it)
2) Provide an alternative plan (more conservative) we can both live with if things are getting tight.
3) And as a last resort ... I claim to be not as skilled / smart / comfortable and ask the FO to dumb things down to my level.
I learned this from a wise Check Airman who was my adult supervision on the MD-11.
So far ... it has served me well.
As with all, to each according to their gifts, skill and efforts.
My style is to let them find their comfort level with as little intervention as possible. I would rather have them throw the gear or extend flaps early; realize it and look over and say something to the effect ... Well that was a little too early ... then to destroy their confidence by delaying a gear or flap extension.
FOs rarely press the field and generally fly more conservatively than captains (opinion).
If I have to get involved while they are flying it usually goes this way:
1) I state ... tell me what you are thinking (this normally opens the lines of communications and provides a graceful exit for one of us if we are pushing it)
2) Provide an alternative plan (more conservative) we can both live with if things are getting tight.
3) And as a last resort ... I claim to be not as skilled / smart / comfortable and ask the FO to dumb things down to my level.
I learned this from a wise Check Airman who was my adult supervision on the MD-11.
So far ... it has served me well.