CAPT OF A B777 COMPLAINS REGARDING LACK OF FO COOPERATION AND DISAGREEMENT WITH HIS EQUIP OPS; EVEN THOUGH HE OPERATES THE EQUIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY PROCS.

Date: 2000-09 · Aircraft: B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: other-cockpit-crm

Synopsis

CAPT OF A B777 COMPLAINS REGARDING LACK OF FO COOPERATION AND DISAGREEMENT WITH HIS EQUIP OPS; EVEN THOUGH HE OPERATES THE EQUIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY PROCS.

Narrative

I BELIEVE YOU AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS PROB STILL EXISTS AT ACR X; BUT NO ONE -- COMPANY OR LABOR -- IS WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I FLEW WITH A COPLT WHO WAS ANGRY WITH ME BECAUSE I WENT TO WORK DURING A STRIKE. HE WAS NOT HERE AT THAT TIME. HE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH ME FOR A WHILE DURING FLT PLANNING; BUT AS THE FLT WORE ON; HE BECAME LESS COMMUNICATIVE. WE HAD 2 MINOR THINGS HAPPEN BEFORE TKOF -- FUEL IMBAL DUE TO SHUTTING DOWN AN ENG; AND 1 ENG TAXI. I ASKED IF ANYONE HAD A PROB WITH THE PROC I WAS DOING; AND HE DID EXPRESS HIS DISAGREEMENT. WE WERE ABLE TO SOLVE THEM TO HIS SATISFACTION; BUT HE WAS NOT HAPPY. THE FUEL WAS BALANCED BY TKOF; DUE TO A 1 HR DELAY. WE CALLED OUR MAINT AND THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NO RESTR -- FUEL WAS BALANCED AT TKOF. 1 ENG TAXI IS APPROVED BY OUR MANUAL. HE SAID THE COMPANY DID NOT WANT IT DONE. UPON OUR ARR AT PARIS; FRANCE; HE WAS THE PNF. I WAS HAND FLYING; BUT UNLESS I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR SOMETHING; HE WOULD NOT SPONTANEOUSLY DO A PROC (SOP). I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS FLYING SOLO. UPON ARR AT THE GATE; I HAD A TALK WITH HIM AND TOLD HIM I COULD NOT FLY THIS AIRPLANE ALONE AND WAS ABLE TO LAND ONLY BECAUSE I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE OP AT PARIS. I FEEL THIS SOCIAL PROB AT OUR ACR IS VERY UNSAFE AND IS STILL OCCASIONALLY HAPPENING. THE ACR FLT OFFICE IS NOT WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS STILL GOING ON. I HOPE THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS.

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