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Old 29th Sep 2009, 12:55
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JenCluse
 
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Command, and the training for . . .

This whole discussion reminds me of when I was training young Capts on the F27.

Late in training I'd hold the compressor overheat warning light press to test for a min (let go then - it got hot) to get them to think big picture.

The correct answer was "What was the phone number for the big pub we'd just flown past, so we could get the pax sorted after a successful shut down & divert?"

And guess what? On NewCapt #4's check-out the compressor overheat light came on.

His reaction? "How did the #*% did he (on the jump seat) do that without hitting the press-to test?"

Switched on FO shot back to start the drill, and me pupil sailed through.

Point is, kids, there are a quidzillion things that you consider, and what management(s) suggest is just *one of them. All laws that I am aware of still state the buck stops with the Captain.

*That is the point.

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