Watching a program pertaining to air safety, I came across what I'd call a teamwork question. I worked for 50 years, and a lot of them were in jobs involving groups of people with skill sets. What I know from that is that if you know the flow of work and the timing of difficult dcisions, then you know you don't go out for breaks randomly. Anyone who is out on a break misses an event or call with their expertise involved. The boss COULD come and grab you, and sometime might. But often action is more urgent than that. So what a rational arrangement does is put either all parties o r the most experienced parties on deck when something critical happens. Surprises happen, but after a while things can't really be called a "surprise" anymore. Over time, pretty much everything happens, and you'd better know it and be prepared.
So that brings me to a question regarding a cockpit crew. Who sits in the two pilot seats at takeoff and landing. Do they spin a wheel of fortune, or do they use more acumen than that? If they are passing near severe storms, would a captain actually leave at that time for a break? Or try to be in control when closest to the storm and choose another time for a break? This could apply to any flight or any airline. I have worked in environments where no good sense was used at all. People just left when they needed a smoke or were bored. But that doesn't seem to be wise on an airliner with hundreds aboard.
So that brings me to a question regarding a cockpit crew. Who sits in the two pilot seats at takeoff and landing. Do they spin a wheel of fortune, or do they use more acumen than that? If they are passing near severe storms, would a captain actually leave at that time for a break? Or try to be in control when closest to the storm and choose another time for a break? This could apply to any flight or any airline. I have worked in environments where no good sense was used at all. People just left when they needed a smoke or were bored. But that doesn't seem to be wise on an airliner with hundreds aboard.
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