fokkers&beer
The dude abides.
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- Apr 23, 2004
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I agree with Thomas R that a briefing is of the utmost importance on each takeoff. Each pilot needs to know who will do what and where you are going, if he plans to land visually, to what runway, or if he will take it up into the clouds. If it is a low take off like a 600 or 400 RVR takeoff we need to brief the companies low visibility takeoff procedures also, and talk about takeoff alternates, and different duties. These are the things he should brief and stick to it.
As for the weekly brief we fly week long trips with the same FO and after 35 hours of block and 30 takeoffs and landings in a week I feel as though the memory items for no auto feather and the calls for engine out only need to be briefed at the beginning of the week, for most crews, but then again that is at your discretion.
As for the Captain calling the abort, that is just this companies policy. It has some good points and some bad. It does'nt take long for an FO to call a fire light and the Captain to retard the power levers while he calls the abort. Or worse, the Captain calls the light, and my controls, abort, and retards the power levers. We fly old slow turboprops and have low speeds, it does'nt seem to be a problem.
As for the weekly brief we fly week long trips with the same FO and after 35 hours of block and 30 takeoffs and landings in a week I feel as though the memory items for no auto feather and the calls for engine out only need to be briefed at the beginning of the week, for most crews, but then again that is at your discretion.
As for the Captain calling the abort, that is just this companies policy. It has some good points and some bad. It does'nt take long for an FO to call a fire light and the Captain to retard the power levers while he calls the abort. Or worse, the Captain calls the light, and my controls, abort, and retards the power levers. We fly old slow turboprops and have low speeds, it does'nt seem to be a problem.
