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Some of the worst pilots you'll ever fly with are the most standard.
The three pilots that almost killed me, and I mean that literally, were the three most NON STANDARD pilots I have ever flown with. Being standard is about discipline. It's about being proud about what you do and refusing to compromise and lower the bar. It's about character, about doing what you know you are supposed to do, even when nobody is watching, instead of being cocky (not proud) about what you do, and doing things your own way because you think you are better than the people that developed the SOPs.
When I fly with an FO that is standard, we don't have to second guess each other and the cockpit flows beautifully, and very efficiently.
Pilots that do not adhere to standards tend to have other things in common: they tend to do crappy walk-arounds, tend not to be very knowledgeable about systems, ATC, their radio phraseology normally suffers and tend to be somewhat unprofessional in front of passengers.
It takes as much effort to do things by the book as it takes to do them your own way. In the end, it is all about discipline, and if you don't have it to fly standard, you probably don't have it for many other things.
You sound like a gem to hang out with.The three pilots that almost killed me, and I mean that literally, were the three most NON STANDARD pilots I have ever flown with. Being standard is about discipline. It's about being proud about what you do and refusing to compromise and lower the bar. It's about character, about doing what you know you are supposed to do, even when nobody is watching, instead of being cocky (not proud) about what you do, and doing things your own way because you think you are better than the people that developed the SOPs.
When I fly with an FO that is standard, we don't have to second guess each other and the cockpit flows beautifully, and very efficiently.
Pilots that do not adhere to standards tend to have other things in common: they tend to do crappy walk-arounds, tend not to be very knowledgeable about systems, ATC, their radio phraseology normally suffers and tend to be somewhat unprofessional in front of passengers.
It takes as much effort to do things by the book as it takes to do them your own way. In the end, it is all about discipline, and if you don't have it to fly standard, you probably don't have it for many other things.