CAPT OF LIFEGUARD FLT DEPARTING ON SID TURNS WRONG DIRECTION TO WRONG HDG. ASKS FO TO LIE ABOUT ASSIGNED HDG.

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CAPT WAS FLYING; I WAS ON THE RADIOS. ATC ASSIGNED A HDG OF 280 DEG. I CONFIRMED THE HDG; REPEATED TO THE CAPT; THEN COMMENCED TO SET NEXT FIX IN LORAN. THAT'S WHEN ATC COMMANDED 'STOP YOUR TURN IMMEDIATELY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?' I LOOKED AT HSI SAW WE WERE TURNING R THROUGH NE TO A HDG OF 080 DEG. CAPT COMMANDED THAT I LIE AND TELL ATC THAT WE WERE ASSIGNED HDG OF 080 DEG. NEW YORK WAS INCREDULOUS TO SAY THE LEAST. WE WERE THEN GIVEN THE CORRECT HDG TO FLY AND DID SO. CAUSES -- FIRST OF ALL AND MOST IMPORTANT THE CAPT'S ATTITUDE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE. THE MAN HAS AN INTENSE HATRED OF THE ENTIRE PLANET AND EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ON IT. WHILE ONE IS RANTING AND RAVING AND YELLING AND SCREAMING CONSTANTLY AND NON- STOP ALL OF THE TIME; PERFORMANCE AND JUDGEMENT NATURALLY WILL BE AFFECTED. THROW IN THE FACT THAT THE MAN THINKS ALL ATC ARE BUMBLING; INCOMPETENT IDIOTS FOOLS (HE YELLS AT AND ARGUES WITH THEM; ESPECIALLY FEMALE CTLRS); WELL; THE STAGE IS SET FOR DISASTER. MY ROLE THAT I FAILED AT WAS IN NOT BEING MORE VIGILANT. I HAD ASSUMED; INCORRECTLY; THAT THE CAPT HAD HEARD THE CTLR'S INSTRUCTION; MY READBACK; AND THE HDG TO FLY AS I REPEATED IT TO HIM. AS I COMMENCED WITH OTHER DUTIES; I FAILED TO PAY ATTN TO WHAT HE WAS DOING. ANOTHER AREA I FAILED AT WAS INSISTING THE CAPT REVIEW THE COMPLICATED SID BEFORE TKOF WHICH HE REFUSED TO DO. SOLUTIONS: MGMNT HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT IF THE CAPT DOESN'T CHANGE HIS ATTITUDE TO ONE MORE CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY; I WILL REFUSE TO FLY WITH HIM. BEYOND THAT; I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.