| Oh, you're first chair! That changes everything!
It's your job to be in tune with the other principals in the orchestra, and at times, their job is to tune to you. It is not your job to do their jobs for them. As to your section, it is their job to tune to you as long as the horn is on their face. Later, perhaps, they can talk to you about problem passages. (Example: Verdi's Requiem. The three trumpets follow each other on some Ebs, and by the time the 3rd player comes in, the 1st is playing an A (Eb dim, implied B7). The question becomes "should the 3 consecutive Ebs be the same, or should the 3rd trumpet adjust to the first player?"
Most of the time you can fix things simply by calling attention to intonation. Good luck!
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