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Aircrew agreed to let a deadheading company qualified in-type pilot join the crew as a working crewmember for the trip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1324097 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 151 Flight Crew Total 2253 Flight Crew Type 612 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
When we started boarding the flight; the deadheading first officer (first officer) came up to the cockpit; and offered to work the flight with us; to give his seat to one of the F/a's (flight attendant) mother; who was non-reving on the flight. He offered to work the flight with us; and I was under the impression he had ok'ed it with scheduling. The flight normally only has three crewmembers; so we would get short breaks. With the addition of a fourth qualified crewmember; we were able to get longer breaks. This same crewmember worked our flight back with us. I felt this offering of a qualified first officer to help us was a great idea. I asked both first officer's if they had any input; and neither of them had any objections or made any comments; pro or con. In my briefing; I always ask everyone to speak up if they see something they don't like. I did not get input from anyone on this issue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Aircrew agreed to let a deadheading company qualified in-type pilot join the crew as a working crewmember for the trip.
Narrative: When we started boarding the flight; the deadheading F/O (First Officer) came up to the cockpit; and offered to work the flight with us; to give his seat to one of the F/A's (Flight Attendant) Mother; who was non-reving on the flight. He offered to work the flight with us; and I was under the impression he had OK'ed it with scheduling. The flight normally only has three crewmembers; so we would get short breaks. With the addition of a fourth qualified crewmember; we were able to get longer breaks. This same crewmember worked our flight back with us. I felt this offering of a qualified F/O to help us was a great idea. I asked both F/O's if they had any input; and neither of them had any objections or made any comments; pro or con. In my briefing; I ALWAYS ask everyone to speak up if they see something they don't like. I did not get input from anyone on this issue.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.