CAL 737 pilots

[BoilerUP]

AA = PM puts in altitude changes at all times, A/P on or off. Sets the altitude and "points and shoots" to it until the PF confirms it. Seems like a safe enough procedure.

This is what we did at Air Wisconsin, and the way I operate Part 91.

 

[Ex737Driver]

Continental led the industry in altitude busts in the United Kingdom.......

UK. Anomaly. CAL has always had the dumb ass, knee-jerk reaction to any problem that arises. Never will CAL identify the problem and try to fix that individual or group subset but rather throw the entire pilot group under the bus. IMHO, this is not safer and I foresee and rather increased number of altitude busts domestically until the pilot group adjusts to this stupidity.

 

[AK737FO]

Good grief... three pages of gum flapping about setting an altitude in the MCP. Why do pilots have a propensity to make mountains out of mole hills?
I'm sure that my airline has a by the book procedure for PF or PNF with AP on or AP off. I don't know and I don't care. If it's convenient for me to set the altitude, then I set it. If it's convenient for the F/O to set the altitude, then he/she can set it. I don't care as long as it gets set - then we both do the company's required little finger point. Big picture, forest from trees, shinny side up- dirty side down, fly A to B, go home, collect check.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Good grief... three pages of gum flapping about setting an altitude in the MCP. Why do pilots have a propensity to make mountains out of mole hills?
I'm sure that my airline has a by the book procedure for PF or PNF with AP on or AP off. I don't know and I don't care. If it's convenient for me to set the altitude, then I set it. If it's convenient for the F/O to set the altitude, then he/she can set it. I don't care as long as it gets set - then we both do the company's required little finger point. Big picture, forest from trees, shinny side up- dirty side down, fly A to B, go home, collect check.

They changed it during my "vacation" for the better. It's the usual PM AP OFF/PF AP ON, but we have a few words were it says something like, "if it makes more sense CRM/workload-wise: do what works."

A rare bit of common sense.

 

[mesaba13]

Mesaba had a huge decline in altitude deviations as a result of this new procedure!