Raskal
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- Aug 22, 2002
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I've read some pretty dumb things on this thread, but you take the cake with this comment. Had the pilot of this aircraft been monitoring his airspeed, there wouldn't have been accident to be discussing right now.
Agreed, I have no problem when FO's do the "speed checks" call and I'm occasionally guilty of saying it myself (it was a callout at my previous job). Especially when tired sometimes helping yourself and the other guy out by verbalizing what you're doing is beneficial and can prevent the stupidity we're all occasionally guilty of.
Another example is I'll usually call "anti-ice coming on" so the FO knows what I'm up to when flipping switches outside of normal flows. Is this an official call in the FOM? No. If an FO reached up and turned anything on without letting me know what he's up to am I going to react? Damn straight.