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I am an first officer and am on probation. Basically this means you can get fired for no reason. My impression is that captain thinks CRM is no good. Of course I believe CRM is the only way to go. Plus, the captain mentioned that he had gotten relieved of flying duties for 2 months because of mistreating an first officer. Although I am unsure of this fact, maybe he was joking. Flying with him was a constant problem. He would not make standard callouts or follow normal profiles. The information so far is just to set the tone of the cockpit, not to mention he swears a lot. The possible violation occurred coming out of iah/houston. I was flying. We were in moderate turbulence. Even though ATC said speed at our discretion. Anyway, I climbed out at 250 KTS to 10000 ft MSL then 265 KIAS to 280 KIAS up to FL290. The ATC facility at houston seemed to be having some problems. Traffic and communications just were not flowing smoothly. The captain requested FL330. Controller said unable, then came back and said to expect it 'down the road.' then he said, fly 020 degrees climb FL330. Then he said, stop at FL310. Then he gave us 030 degree heading, climb FL330. Then stop, climb maintain FL310. Then he gave us FL330. The flight engineer was having problems with the cabin temperature controller. The flight engineer wanted me to move it. I can get more force behind it than the flight engineer. The captain told me to move the heat controller. I have to turn right in my seat to adjust the heat lever. The climb to FL330, the turn to heading 030 degrees, and my adjusting the temperature controller all happened at the same time. The captain now took control of the plane and started the climb to FL330. I finished moving the heater control and was watching our traffic off to the right of the aircraft. The traffic was at our 4 O'clock position. As I turned back to situation straight ahead and move my seat back up, I noticed that we were off of our heading, in a right turn. Quickly, I turned the plane back to heading 030 degrees. The controller asked if we were on our heading. I replied that we were in fact off of our heading. I told the controller that we were 10 degrees off course and correcting. About this time, the controller gave us a heading of about 025 degrees because of a possible traffic conflict. The captain started to swear at me about now for admitting on the air that we were off our heading. He called me a xxxxxxx idiot plus a few other choice phrases. Going back to the controller, on top of changing altitudes and heading, he also changed our clearance from something like 'heading 020 degrees when able direct pocket city,' to 'heading 030 degrees expect pocket city' to 'heading 020 degrees.' about 20 mins later, the next controller asked the captain to call ATC. The captain did call them on the phone when we landed in tol. He called again the next morning. The supervisor at ZHU told the captain that this would probably not result in a violation.

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Title: CAPT DID NOT ACCEPT PROBATIONARY CREW'S CRM INPUTS AND FAILED TO FOLLOW CLRNC. CAPT USED ABUSIVE LANGUAGE DIRECTED TOWARD CREW WHEN HELP WAS OFFERED.

Narrative: I AM AN FO AND AM ON PROBATION. BASICALLY THIS MEANS YOU CAN GET FIRED FOR NO REASON. MY IMPRESSION IS THAT CAPT THINKS CRM IS NO GOOD. OF COURSE I BELIEVE CRM IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO. PLUS, THE CAPT MENTIONED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN RELIEVED OF FLYING DUTIES FOR 2 MONTHS BECAUSE OF MISTREATING AN FO. ALTHOUGH I AM UNSURE OF THIS FACT, MAYBE HE WAS JOKING. FLYING WITH HIM WAS A CONSTANT PROB. HE WOULD NOT MAKE STANDARD CALLOUTS OR FOLLOW NORMAL PROFILES. THE INFO SO FAR IS JUST TO SET THE TONE OF THE COCKPIT, NOT TO MENTION HE SWEARS A LOT. THE POSSIBLE VIOLATION OCCURRED COMING OUT OF IAH/HOUSTON. I WAS FLYING. WE WERE IN MODERATE TURB. EVEN THOUGH ATC SAID SPD AT OUR DISCRETION. ANYWAY, I CLBED OUT AT 250 KTS TO 10000 FT MSL THEN 265 KIAS TO 280 KIAS UP TO FL290. THE ATC FACILITY AT HOUSTON SEEMED TO BE HAVING SOME PROBS. TFC AND COMS JUST WERE NOT FLOWING SMOOTHLY. THE CAPT REQUESTED FL330. CTLR SAID UNABLE, THEN CAME BACK AND SAID TO EXPECT IT 'DOWN THE ROAD.' THEN HE SAID, FLY 020 DEGS CLB FL330. THEN HE SAID, STOP AT FL310. THEN HE GAVE US 030 DEG HDG, CLB FL330. THEN STOP, CLB MAINTAIN FL310. THEN HE GAVE US FL330. THE FE WAS HAVING PROBS WITH THE CABIN TEMP CONTROLLER. THE FE WANTED ME TO MOVE IT. I CAN GET MORE FORCE BEHIND IT THAN THE FE. THE CAPT TOLD ME TO MOVE THE HEAT CONTROLLER. I HAVE TO TURN R IN MY SEAT TO ADJUST THE HEAT LEVER. THE CLB TO FL330, THE TURN TO HDG 030 DEGS, AND MY ADJUSTING THE TEMP CONTROLLER ALL HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME. THE CAPT NOW TOOK CTL OF THE PLANE AND STARTED THE CLB TO FL330. I FINISHED MOVING THE HEATER CTL AND WAS WATCHING OUR TFC OFF TO THE R OF THE ACFT. THE TFC WAS AT OUR 4 O'CLOCK POS. AS I TURNED BACK TO SIT STRAIGHT AHEAD AND MOVE MY SEAT BACK UP, I NOTICED THAT WE WERE OFF OF OUR HDG, IN A R TURN. QUICKLY, I TURNED THE PLANE BACK TO HDG 030 DEGS. THE CTLR ASKED IF WE WERE ON OUR HDG. I REPLIED THAT WE WERE IN FACT OFF OF OUR HDG. I TOLD THE CTLR THAT WE WERE 10 DEGS OFF COURSE AND CORRECTING. ABOUT THIS TIME, THE CTLR GAVE US A HDG OF ABOUT 025 DEGS BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE TFC CONFLICT. THE CAPT STARTED TO SWEAR AT ME ABOUT NOW FOR ADMITTING ON THE AIR THAT WE WERE OFF OUR HDG. HE CALLED ME A XXXXXXX IDIOT PLUS A FEW OTHER CHOICE PHRASES. GOING BACK TO THE CTLR, ON TOP OF CHANGING ALTS AND HDG, HE ALSO CHANGED OUR CLRNC FROM SOMETHING LIKE 'HDG 020 DEGS WHEN ABLE DIRECT POCKET CITY,' TO 'HDG 030 DEGS EXPECT POCKET CITY' TO 'HDG 020 DEGS.' ABOUT 20 MINS LATER, THE NEXT CTLR ASKED THE CAPT TO CALL ATC. THE CAPT DID CALL THEM ON THE PHONE WHEN WE LANDED IN TOL. HE CALLED AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. THE SUPVR AT ZHU TOLD THE CAPT THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.