Originally Posted by
vilas
SO
If you prepare the cockpit with a dozen interuptions may be that needs to be changed and not the procedure..
Interruptions are a reality of the operating environment like thunderstorms, icing, and winds. To the extent reasonable, SOP's need to be designed to accomodate that. (Along with the crew needing the mental discipline to remember where they left off and continue methodically from there.) The safest and most efficient operation is one where the procedures are designed around reality, not a principled fantasy.
On a quick turn, we're "preparing the cockpit" from the moment we set the parking brake until the pushback commences. If someone needs your attention, making them wait 30 seconds until your next convenient break point is reasonable. Making them wait until you're ready to push back, is not. Because whatever issue they needed you for, is itself probalby something necessary for the flight to commence, and needed some time
after your attention, for itself to be resolved.