B757-200
Training / Qualification; Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness; Physiological - Other; Confusion
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Weight And Balance; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Manuals; Company Policy; Human Factors; Airport
Captain failed to taxi back into position to utilize all of displaced threshold for takeoff. Instead we departed from Taxiway F. I pointed this out and he told me in 20 years of flying MHTG this is the way it's done. I said everybody else uses the entire runway and I don't think this is right. The Captain was very adamant and made like he was checking the numbers out on the Takeoff Power System (TPS) and FMC. Now I think it was a bunch of bull. I held the brakes and ran the engines up (as I was taught by my Check Airman) and he yelled at me to release the brakes and I did so. Shortly after takeoff the Captain told me I was not to hold the brakes and run the power up for takeoff and that it was against the book. He also went on to tell me that I should not have told him that we were not to land in the overrun area of the airport. I should have waited to tell him. He said I have poor judgment. I told him I stand corrected. He said something about safety reporting the event.I guess I have poor judgment and using all available runway was not appropriate at MHTG. I was so worried about upsetting the Captain further that I did not dare reach for the TPS to make sure we could takeoff at F. The Captain was extremely angry with me and I let that get in the way of doing my job to the best of my ability. I will try to avoid flying with this Captain as I obviously anger him. As I do not have the TPS - could the flight operations team please let me know if taxiing back to use all available runway is the right thing to do and the runway length TPS is based on. Also; another exp. Captain told me that holding the brakes and running up engines was the recommended procedure for takeoff - and I swear that's what a Check Airman told me to do during training. I am open to any suggestions. This trip was a nightmare.
An apparently new B757-200 First Officer detailed a breakdown in CRM between herself and her Captain; primarily as a result of a dispute over operational practices for takeoff from the short runway at MHTG.