wild bill kelso
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Lets get a petition going to stop this stupid change to our procedures with regard to altitude selection and the monitoring pilot.
This has go be one of the worst ideas since this merger started.
the person who wants it changed some how got a higher spot in the new company so they flexed their muscles and now everyone is doing it that way. Same goes for any new fleet manager who has something to prove-they want to make their mark on the system so they change something
I'm guessing the "Pilot Monitoring" has to spin the ALT knob, regardless of whether the auto pilot was engaged or not.
Is this correct?
If so, it's an ridiculous procedure as it adds a "variable" or an "exception" into the flow of things.
The Pilot Flying either "owns" the guidance panel or he doesn't, in my opinion.
Well, at my airline, it's usually, "Well, that's how we did it on the XXX, and if it was good enough on the XXX, then it's good enough for the NG." And if your airline had plane YYY before going to the NG, then you'll have different SOP. Or, Heaven forbid, you actually follow Boeing's SOP. . .Why do the SOPs for the same plane vary so much from airline to airline?
SW has the PF work the mcp if the autopilot's on - and the PM work it if handflying. We do have to both point at all changes now.
I've got six airlines, I've never had the PM work the altitude with the AP on.
Did they give a reason? What's that supposed to accomplish?