Originally Posted by
CaptainGrizzly
Would disagree with you here. FCOM, or any other manual for that matter, doesn't tell you to calculate your own loadsheet nor does it tell you to go and check the loading or engines; however, it does tell you to perform the APU fire test.
Trust is valid when something is not a part of your procedure. When it is, you cannot assume it has been done.
You have a good point. Things is that FCOM procedure assumes you arrive in a dark cockpit which is not our case. For example to check that APU area is clear is a mandatory item but not applicable for us as the APU is already running. The APU fire test is also done by maintenance when they power the aircraft so as the cockpit then don’t do the fire test. I think that’s the logic behind it. I would not mind doing it as you mention we shall do it, but my company does not expect us to do it.