MD80 CAPT ENTERED R-HAND HOLDING WHEN L-HAND HOLDING WAS REQUIRED. COCKPIT CRM ATMOSPHERE INTERFERES WITH FO COMPLETELY ASSISTING THE CAPT TO PREVENT ERRORS.

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HAVE FLOWN WITH THIS CAPT ON 1 PREVIOUS TRIP. HE TENDS TO BE CRITICAL; THUS ON A SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL; I MAY NOT BE OFFERING HIM THE BACKUP THAT HE NEEDS. WE WERE CLRED TO HOLD AS PUBLISHED AT THE GARED INTXN; L-HAND TURNS. THE CAPT HAS A BAD HABIT OF MAKING PA'S WITHOUT WARNING ME; WHICH WOULD GIVE ME A CHANCE TO PUT ON MY HEADSET. JUST AS HE BEGINS A PA (RATHER THAN PAYING ATTN TO FLYING OR GIVING ME THE AIRPLANE) THE ACFT ENTERS A R-HAND TURN AT THE FIX. I WAS LOOKING AT THE FLT PLAN TO SEE HOW MUCH HOLDING FUEL WE HAD; I DID NOT CATCH THE ERROR AND AS THE ACFT FLEW AWAY FROM THE FIX ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HOLDING PATTERN; THE CTLR GAVE US A VECTOR. I QUERIED THE CTLR AND SHE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE WE ENTERED THE PATTERN INCORRECTLY; AT WHICH TIME I IMMEDIATELY MADE THE CORRECTION. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE CTLR CLRED US DIRECT TO GARED INTXN TO PICK UP THE REMAINDER OF THE KORRY 3 ARR. EVEN THOUGH I EMPHASIZED TO THIS CAPT THAT THE PATTERN HAD L-HAND TURNS; I DID NOT CATCH THE FACT THAT HE HAD IT ENTERED INCORRECTLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ME MISSING HIS TURN; EVEN THOUGH; HIS CRITICAL NATURE TENDS TO MAKE ME STAND OFF AND NOT OFFER HIM AS MUCH. THIS I HAVE REALIZED AFTER REFLECTING ON THIS EVENT. THE SAME CAPT ON THE NEXT LEG CRITICIZED ME IN THE PRESENCE OF A CHIEF PLT ON THE JUMPSEAT FOR BRIEFING AN OBSTACLE; A LARGE RADIO TWR; ON A VISUAL APCH. THE LIST GOES ON. WHEN TREATED LIKE A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN; PERHAPS MY OWN PERFORMANCE BECAME SECOND CLASS. FATIGUE MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR AS WELL.