Narrative:

Have flown with this captain on 1 previous trip. He tends to be critical; thus on a subconscious level; I may not be offering him the backup that he needs. We were cleared to hold as published at the gared intersection; l-hand turns. The captain has a bad habit of making PA's without warning me; which would give me a chance to put on my headset. Just as he begins a PA (rather than paying attention to flying or giving me the airplane) the aircraft enters a r-hand turn at the fix. I was looking at the flight plan to see how much holding fuel we had; I did not catch the error and as the aircraft flew away from the fix on the wrong side of the holding pattern; the controller gave us a vector. I queried the controller and she said it was because we entered the pattern incorrectly; at which time I immediately made the correction. A few seconds later the controller cleared us direct to gared intersection to pick up the remainder of the korry 3 arrival. Even though I emphasized to this captain that the pattern had l-hand turns; I did not catch the fact that he had it entered incorrectly in the first place. There is no excuse for me missing his turn; even though; his critical nature tends to make me stand off and not offer him as much. This I have realized after reflecting on this event. The same captain on the next leg criticized me in the presence of a chief pilot on the jumpseat for briefing an obstacle; a large radio tower; on a visual approach. The list goes on. When treated like a second class citizen; perhaps my own performance became second class. Fatigue may have been a factor as well.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CAPT ENTERED R-HAND HOLDING WHEN L-HAND HOLDING WAS REQUIRED. COCKPIT CRM ATMOSPHERE INTERFERES WITH FO COMPLETELY ASSISTING THE CAPT TO PREVENT ERRORS.

Narrative: HAVE FLOWN WITH THIS CAPT ON 1 PREVIOUS TRIP. HE TENDS TO BE CRITICAL; THUS ON A SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL; I MAY NOT BE OFFERING HIM THE BACKUP THAT HE NEEDS. WE WERE CLRED TO HOLD AS PUBLISHED AT THE GARED INTXN; L-HAND TURNS. THE CAPT HAS A BAD HABIT OF MAKING PA'S WITHOUT WARNING ME; WHICH WOULD GIVE ME A CHANCE TO PUT ON MY HEADSET. JUST AS HE BEGINS A PA (RATHER THAN PAYING ATTN TO FLYING OR GIVING ME THE AIRPLANE) THE ACFT ENTERS A R-HAND TURN AT THE FIX. I WAS LOOKING AT THE FLT PLAN TO SEE HOW MUCH HOLDING FUEL WE HAD; I DID NOT CATCH THE ERROR AND AS THE ACFT FLEW AWAY FROM THE FIX ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HOLDING PATTERN; THE CTLR GAVE US A VECTOR. I QUERIED THE CTLR AND SHE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE WE ENTERED THE PATTERN INCORRECTLY; AT WHICH TIME I IMMEDIATELY MADE THE CORRECTION. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE CTLR CLRED US DIRECT TO GARED INTXN TO PICK UP THE REMAINDER OF THE KORRY 3 ARR. EVEN THOUGH I EMPHASIZED TO THIS CAPT THAT THE PATTERN HAD L-HAND TURNS; I DID NOT CATCH THE FACT THAT HE HAD IT ENTERED INCORRECTLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ME MISSING HIS TURN; EVEN THOUGH; HIS CRITICAL NATURE TENDS TO MAKE ME STAND OFF AND NOT OFFER HIM AS MUCH. THIS I HAVE REALIZED AFTER REFLECTING ON THIS EVENT. THE SAME CAPT ON THE NEXT LEG CRITICIZED ME IN THE PRESENCE OF A CHIEF PLT ON THE JUMPSEAT FOR BRIEFING AN OBSTACLE; A LARGE RADIO TWR; ON A VISUAL APCH. THE LIST GOES ON. WHEN TREATED LIKE A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN; PERHAPS MY OWN PERFORMANCE BECAME SECOND CLASS. FATIGUE MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR AS WELL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.