When you are undergoing Command training you are actually role-playing as the “Captain” and your Training Captain is role-playing as the “F/O”. Make sure you always remember this allocation of “duties”.
Too often Command Trainees in the LHS sit there thinking “What does he want me to do?”, or “What does he mean by that question? Does he want me to do it differently (i.e. HIS way)?” What usually happens then is that you alter the way you accomplish or intended to accomplish your Command from YOUR way to HIS way.
You should run the show YOUR way.
Act as the Captain and make decisions and treat your Training Captain as you would a real F/O, using appropriate CRM, Leadership and Command skills. Don’t waste time trying to second guess “What does he really want me to do?” It uses up valuable brain power that is then not available for you to utilise to make decisions, exercise sound judgement, estimate risks, and do all those other Command and Leadership Skills.
Your Training Captain may inject a training element into any scenario or decision that you find yourself in or make. He may have a better way of doing it, or he may say “Consider doing it this way…” You then get to choose whether to incorporate the technique or method into your own personal Command and Leadership “box of tools” and techniques.
Of course if you are doing it completely wrong (as laid down by SOPs or NPs) then you really do need to change your way of operating to accurately comply with the SOPs or NPs. But many times HIS way is his personal preference – it doesn’t mean that your way is incorrect, just that he prefers to do it in a particular way that is familiar and comfortable for him. There are usually several right ways to do something, some more correct than others.
I dislike it when a Command Trainee tries to defer to me and to use my experience and expertise to solve his problem because that is easier for him. The Command Trainee is now regressing back to his F/O role and seeking input/opinion or a decision from the Training Captain which is not what Command Training is all about. Far better for the guy in the LHS to act as the Commander and Leader and solve or attempt to solve the problem/issue. The Training Captain can then either let the situation run in real time or can intervene with suggestions or methods to handle the issue more optimally. Either way you, in the LHS, learn more. After all that’s why the Training Captain is sitting there.
When you sit in the LHS during Command Training you are expected to act as the Captain. So be the Captain and run the show YOUR way.
Too often Command Trainees in the LHS sit there thinking “What does he want me to do?”, or “What does he mean by that question? Does he want me to do it differently (i.e. HIS way)?” What usually happens then is that you alter the way you accomplish or intended to accomplish your Command from YOUR way to HIS way.
You should run the show YOUR way.
Act as the Captain and make decisions and treat your Training Captain as you would a real F/O, using appropriate CRM, Leadership and Command skills. Don’t waste time trying to second guess “What does he really want me to do?” It uses up valuable brain power that is then not available for you to utilise to make decisions, exercise sound judgement, estimate risks, and do all those other Command and Leadership Skills.
Your Training Captain may inject a training element into any scenario or decision that you find yourself in or make. He may have a better way of doing it, or he may say “Consider doing it this way…” You then get to choose whether to incorporate the technique or method into your own personal Command and Leadership “box of tools” and techniques.
Of course if you are doing it completely wrong (as laid down by SOPs or NPs) then you really do need to change your way of operating to accurately comply with the SOPs or NPs. But many times HIS way is his personal preference – it doesn’t mean that your way is incorrect, just that he prefers to do it in a particular way that is familiar and comfortable for him. There are usually several right ways to do something, some more correct than others.
I dislike it when a Command Trainee tries to defer to me and to use my experience and expertise to solve his problem because that is easier for him. The Command Trainee is now regressing back to his F/O role and seeking input/opinion or a decision from the Training Captain which is not what Command Training is all about. Far better for the guy in the LHS to act as the Commander and Leader and solve or attempt to solve the problem/issue. The Training Captain can then either let the situation run in real time or can intervene with suggestions or methods to handle the issue more optimally. Either way you, in the LHS, learn more. After all that’s why the Training Captain is sitting there.
When you sit in the LHS during Command Training you are expected to act as the Captain. So be the Captain and run the show YOUR way.
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