TPE.All Training Captains on the planet Earth SHOULD be teaching the same/identical methods to operate their jet based upon the written information contained within the FCOMs (what we do) and the FCTM (how we do it).After doing this training stuff since 1990 it depresses me each time I come across pilots who have been trained to operate Boeings and Airbus using some TCs personal methods.Follow the FCTM!!
In the various situations highlighted above there is often room to make variations from the method stated in the FCTM.This does not mean a pilot is not following SOP at all.We cant be that rigid.The statement "what descent profile do u use" is quite a flippant statement.There is ONE profile and it is in the FCTM.When outside factors take u outside this profile then adjust.......