Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
Mana, as I said, don't rush it and it is no problem for the PF to FLY, while the PNF/PM closes the throttle. Done it many times in the sim over decades. When I'm ready, I'll look to check that the PM has got his finger on the correct throttle, then call "confirmed". Then I'll continue flying.
If a company doesn't assign duties and responses for each normal checklist item, it shouldn't be in business. If there is "no active involvement", is that a failure of the procedure/SOP?
As for the captain or the FO making the fuel switch selection depending on which area of responsibility it is in, when airborne with a failure or fire (or any other non-normal, for that matter), it just goes to show how silly an idea it is. There should be no "area of responsibility". Each normal action/check should be allocated to a specific crewmember, and the checklist should be written that way. During Abnormal and Emergency drills, to have the PF leaning up flicking off/cycling switches because they are on his side of the panel on a particular procedure just doesn't make sense to me. Certainly, the switches on the centre console are in easy reach of both pilots and the "area of responsibility" system is ludicrous. Maybe that is why Boeing conveniently ignores it when it suggest the PF closes the throttle during a fire...
Which aircraft do you fly? You sound very much out of the loop of what is SOP for all operators who use Boeing SOP.
Write a letter to Boeing and tell them how stupid they are.
I follow SOP. I don't just do stuff on my own.