A B757-200 captain reported his first officer refused to pitch up beyond 20 degrees on takeoff even ...

Narrative:

The first officer was flying. During the takeoff; I noticed that the speed of the plane was increasing more than normal. At 300 ft AGL I called out V2+40! The first officer did not respond or increase pitch. I said you need to pull up a little more; again no response. By that time we were above 800 feet AGL and back to normal increasing airspeed. Above 10;000 feet MSL I mentioned something about going to 25 degrees nose up on takeoff. He said that that was too much. Above 18;000 we talked about it. He told me that he does not go above 20 degrees nose up. I asked the first officer that on the next legs that he flew to go up to 25 degrees nose up to hold V2+15 and he said 'no'! We had a flight manager on the flight so I asked him to come up after landing. The first officer again said that he would not go above 20 degrees nose up to try to maintain V2+15. So the flight manager told me that we would look for a new first officer to fly the rest of the trip. I mentioned that I could fly all the takeoffs and the first officer do all the landings; but that was not ok with the first officer.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 Captain reported his First Officer refused to pitch up beyond 20 degrees on takeoff even when the airspeed was increasing rapidly. The First Officer was replaced for the rest of the trip sequence.

Narrative: The First Officer was flying. During the takeoff; I noticed that the speed of the plane was increasing more than normal. At 300 FT AGL I called out V2+40! The First Officer did not respond or increase pitch. I said you need to pull up a little more; again no response. By that time we were above 800 feet AGL and back to normal increasing airspeed. Above 10;000 feet MSL I mentioned something about going to 25 degrees nose up on takeoff. He said that that was too much. Above 18;000 we talked about it. He told me that he does not go above 20 degrees nose up. I asked the First Officer that on the next legs that he flew to go up to 25 degrees nose up to hold V2+15 and he said 'no'! We had a Flight Manager on the flight so I asked him to come up after landing. The First Officer again said that he would not go above 20 degrees nose up to try to maintain V2+15. So the Flight Manager told me that we would look for a new First Officer to fly the rest of the trip. I mentioned that I could fly all the takeoffs and the First Officer do all the landings; but that was not OK with the First Officer.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	841410
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A B757-200 captain reported his first officer refused to pitch up beyond 20 degrees on takeoff even when the airspeed was increasing rapidly. The first officer was replaced for the rest of the trip sequence.