B767-300ER CAPT RPTS FO RPTED FOR DUTY IN AN UNFIT STATE OF MIND.

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FO UNFIT FOR DUTY. UPON CHK-IN I MET MY SCHEDULED FO. HE HAD NOT PREPARED ANY PAPERWORK FOR THE FLT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; HE TOOK ME ASIDE AND PROCEEDED TO AIR WHAT HE HAD ON HIS MIND. HE SAID THAT HE HAD TOLD THE CHIEF PLT OF THE BASE THAT HE NEVER WANTED TO FLY WITH ME AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED TO FLY TOGETHER. I TRIED TO CALM HIM DOWN. I ASSESSED THE SITUATION AND DECIDED THAT THERE WAS NO TIME TO ALLOW FOR A NEW FO WITHOUT CAUSING AN UNNECESSARY DELAY. SO I TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD NOW BECOME THE RELIEF PLT. I KNEW FROM HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE THAT I DID NOT WANT HIM LNDG OR TAKING OFF THE AIRPLANE. I THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD BE SAFE AT BEING THE RELIEF PLT AND THAT I WAS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO TAKE A BREAK WITH HIM IN THE COCKPIT. I MADE THIS DECISION WITH MUCH CONSIDERATION FOR ALL INVOLVED; WITH PUBLIC SAFETY PRIMARY. THE FO TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO HAVE HIMSELF REMOVED. I GAVE HIM 10 MINS TO COOL DOWN AND INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS CAUSING OUR PAX A LARGE DELAY AND HE DISRESPECTFULLY SAID 'I KNOW' AND WALKED AWAY. AFTER THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND HAVING NOT BEEN CALLED BY MY CHIEF PLT TO FURTHER DISCUSS IT I FIND THAT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING: I FEEL THAT THIS FO IS UNFIT FOR ANY FLT DUTY WITHOUT A PHYSIOLOGICAL EXAM. THE LOOK THAT I SAW IN HIS EYE AND HIS ACTIONS AND WORDS MAKES ME NOW REALIZE THAT HE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BY A DOCTOR.