An A320 captain described being unable to resolve a CRM conflict with his first officer regarding se...

Attributes
ACN	885394
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 23240 Flight Crew Type 10400
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Due to stress caused at the beginning of the flight due to first officer being angry and insubordinate during preflight concerning management of cabin temperature; communication and attention to detail suffered on the ensuing flight. We were right at maximum landing weight on landing and could have had a better safety margin since the flight time was 3:52 and the first officer identified that landing weight issue after about 1:30 into the flight. I do not believe that we landed overweight but due to our quality assurance system data possibly showing it because of fuel quantity being incorrect at a second in time at touchdown because of being so close to the limit; I wanted to make a report. Captains need to be given more power to handle misbehaving first officers. If first officers that like to challenge captain's thought they would be in real jeopardy of consequences for bad behavior which is insubordination; they would be much less likely to do it. Then the overall chain of command would be intact and function correctly thus enhancing safety margins and regulatory compliance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 Captain described being unable to resolve a CRM conflict with his First Officer regarding seemingly minor issues such as cabin temperature and aircraft landing weight.

Narrative: Due to stress caused at the beginning of the flight due to First Officer being angry and insubordinate during preflight concerning management of cabin temperature; communication and attention to detail suffered on the ensuing flight. We were right at maximum landing weight on landing and could have had a better safety margin since the flight time was 3:52 and the First Officer identified that landing weight issue after about 1:30 into the flight. I do not believe that we landed overweight but due to our Quality Assurance System data possibly showing it because of fuel quantity being incorrect at a second in time at touchdown because of being so close to the limit; I wanted to make a report. Captains need to be given more power to handle misbehaving First Officers. If First Officers that like to challenge Captain's thought they would be in real jeopardy of consequences for bad behavior which is insubordination; they would be much less likely to do it. Then the overall chain of command would be intact and function correctly thus enhancing safety margins and regulatory compliance.

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.

An A320 captain described being unable to resolve a CRM conflict with his first officer regarding seemingly minor issues such as cabin temperature and aircraft landing weight.