ACR LTT TRACK DEVIATION ON DEP.

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ON DEP FROM TVC INITIALLY MADE A RIGHT TURN ON COURSE INSTEAD OF A LEFT TURN ON COURSE. I HAD INADVERTENTLY SET THE CDI 180 DEGS OFF. THE WRONGLY SET CDI WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. THE TRIP WE WERE ON IS CALLED AN ILLEGAL OVERNIGHT. THE CREW STAYS ON DUTY ALL NIGHT AND GEST 5 HRS SLEEP. BEFORE OUR DAY ENDED WE WERE ON DUTY 14 HRS. ANOTHER FACTOR BESIDES FATIGUE WAS THE F/O'S EXPERIENCE AND ATTITUDE. THE F/O HAD LESS THAN 100 HRS IN ACFT AND LESS THAN 1300 TOTAL FLT HRS. THIS F/O AND THE MAJORITY OF F/O'S AT MY COMPANY THINK THAT THE ONLY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO FLY EVERY OTHER LEG; FILL OUT THE LOG AND GET THE CLRNC. MOST DON'T HAVE A CLUE TO WHAT CRM IS. IT'S LIKE FLYING WITH A BUNCH OF PVT PLTS WITH 300 HRS OF TOTAL FLT TIME. I THINK THE PROB LIES WITH THE LOW TOTAL TIME AND ALSO THE COMPANY'S POOR RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS PLTS. MOST F/O'S ATTITUDES ARE THAT THEY DESERVE TO BE CAPT WITH 1500-2000 HRS OF FLT TIME. THIS IDEA COMES ABOUT FROM THE LOW WAGES F/O'S MAKE--$134 THE FIRST WK. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT FINANCIALLY IS TO BECOME A CAPT; AND UNTIL THEY DO THEY (THE MAJORITY) DON'T CARE. THEY THINK THEY DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH TO CARE OR SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY. THEY ALSO FEEL THAT IT WILL BE THE CAPT THAT WILL GET VIOLATED IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG. I DON'T THINK THE COMPANY'S TRNING IS TO BLAME. YES; IT COULD BE BETTER. RIGHT NOT IT IS CONSIDERED; BY MANY; TO BE AMONG THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY. NOTE: AFTER LAST WINTER OF COMPANY AND F/O'S INEPTNESS I JOINED THE TRNING DEPT. I AM PART OF A PROGRAM THAT ROTATES LINE PLTS THROUGH THE TRNING DEPT TO INSTRUCT. AFTER 6 MONTHS OF INSTRUCTING I'M BACK ON THE LINE. WHAT I PLAN NEXT TO GET OUT OF A DANGEROUS SITUATION IS TO UPGRADE TO A LARGER PLANE AND HOPE BY THE TIME I GET OUT OF TRNING THE WINTER IN THE GREAT LAKES WILL BE GONE AND I WILL ALSO BE GONE TO A BETTER COMPANY/MAJOR.