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bbwest said:I would submit that if you fly a Challenger 604 and you are not doing things pretty darn close to the way flexjet does is............if you fly a Citation X and you are not doing it pretty darned close to the way NetJets does it.............. you are wrong.
Different doesn't necessarily mean "wrong".
There are dozens of ways to accomplish any given objective in this business and just because a particular large operator does it something one way doesn't necessarily mean its the "best practice" way of doing it for another operator.
Airline procedures are written for the lowest common denomination of pilot - the guy who barely squeaks past every training event. You can pair that pilot with any other pilot in the system and, in theory, using those procedures can get an airplane from Point A to B and back without safety being compromised.
Pilots who fly together all the time certainly can benefit from SOPs, but detailing every minutia of the operation isn't necessary and doesn't do anything to improve safety in that style of operation.
Yes, 91 is the "last bastion of the cowboy ops"...but as long as what we both do isn't unsafe or in left field, your procedure doesn't have to be my technique and my technique doesn't have to be your procedure and we can both operate our aircraft the way we see fit for our individual operation.
The least popular guy in every department is the one who shows up and starts trying to change things the way they are/were at __________ (insert name of air carrier here).