Originally Posted by
machtuk
One single reason.....punitive action! Every single pilot knows that a transgression in SOP's means " you are in trouble"
This mentality is on every cockpit on every flight, we carry it around with us like a loaded gun!
Yep pretty much. And did the ATSB read the letters MM mailed directly to every VARA pilot (prior to the pitch disconnect event) telling them they’d be punished if they kept being naughty. I’ve heard the culture was at an all time low with pilots scared to slip up. Could that have been the real reason for the overreaction in the flight deck that day?