THIS SO ON A DC8 FREIGHTER WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE CAPT DECIDED TO PERFORM AN AIR SHOW TYPE OF MANEUVER FOR THE TKOF AND INITIAL CLB AS WAS AN FAA INSPECTOR AT THE ARPT.

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THE PROB BEGAN PRIOR TO TKOF ROLL WHEN THE CAPT SELECTED FLAPS 25 DEGS FOR TKOF. THIS DEVIATES FROM OUR AIRLINE'S STANDARD PROCS; WHICH IS TKOF WITH 15 DEGS FLAPS. HE DID NOT GIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THIS. TKOF SPDS AND STABILIZER SETTING WERE NOT MODIFIED. MY POS IN THE COCKPIT IS FE. AFTER TKOF AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL; CAPT CALLS FOR FLAPS 15 DEGS; ACCELERATED AND PITCHED UP TO 24 DEGS (NOSE UP); THEN ROLLED INTO A 45 DEG BANK USING 1.86 G'S. ALL THESE NUMBERS WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE FLT RECORDER; WHICH WAS PULLED OUT OF THE ACFT UPON RETURN TO MIAMI BY THE FAA. I AM PENDING ACTION BY THE FAA. NO HUMAN FACTORS EXERCISED BY THE CAPT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT THE CAPT HAD APPARENTLY DONE SIMILAR STUNTS WITH THE FO BEFORE; BUT THE FO WAS AFRAID TO SPEAK AGAINST SUCH ACTIVITIES IN FEAR THAT THE CAPT WOULD HAVE HIM PUNISHED OR FIRED. THIS SO WAS COMPLETELY SURPRISED BY FIRST; THE USE OF A DIFFERENT AND UNBRIEFED FLAP SETTING; AND SECOND; THE SERIES OF MANEUVERS AFTER TKOF. THE CAPT CLBED TO 200 FT AGL AND ACCELERATED TO 195 KIAS WHILE RETRACTING THE FLAPS TO THE 15 DEG SETTING. THEN HE PITCHED THE ACFT UP TO 24 DEGS AND ROLLED TO 45 DEGS OF BANK AND TURNED TO THE DEP HDG. UNKNOWN TO THE CREW AT THE TIME; AN FAA INSPECTOR WAS VISITING CCS TO DISCUSS SOME OTHER MATTERS WITH TWR PERSONNEL. THIS INSPECTOR WITNESSED THE DC8 MANEUVERS AND HAD OTHER FAA INSPECTORS MEET THE ACFT WHEN IT ARRIVED IN MIA. THESE INSPECTORS HAD THE AIRLINE PULL THE FLT RECORDER AND CHK ITS RECORD OF THE TKOF AND INITIAL CLB. THE COMPANY THEN MADE A FULL DISCLOSURE TO THE FAA AND ISSUED PUNISHMENT TO THE CREW. THE FO AND THE SO WERE GIVEN 2 WKS OFF WITHOUT PAY AND THE CAPT WAS SUSPENDED FOR 6 MONTHS WITHOUT PAY AND MUST FLY AS AN FO IN THE R SEAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 6 MONTHS OF PROBATION WHEN HE RETURNS. THE FO RPTED THAT THE CAPT HAD DONE SEVERAL SURPRISE MANEUVERS AND VARIATIONS TO THE NORMAL FLT PROFILES IN THE PAST AND THE CAPT HAD APPARENTLY WARNED THE FO THAT HE WOULD GET HIM IF HE TOLD ANYONE. THE FO APPARENTLY TOLD THE RPTR THAT HE HAD ENROLLED IN AN ASSERTIVENESS COURSE.