Originally Posted by
VinRouge
monitored approaches actually make lots of sense, having seen a few go arounds now, much tidier and far less of a shock for the handling pilot to fly. After all, that’s what he has briefed, whereas the landing pilot is expecting to do that.
If I were going to nitpick an SOP that just is a bit odd, it’s the Non handling pilot selection of reverse.
I would much prefer to work for an outfit though that has an oddity like that though but trusts me as an experienced professional to pull the thrust levers from RHS or call stop as the heavy in the middle seat. Suppose it comes down to trust and experience.
All BA aircraft are 2 pilot flight crew. No checklists involve an augmented crew member. Stop can only be called by the P1/P2
Third and sometimes fourth crew are only carried when Duty Period requires augmented crew.
Also BA does not use partially qualified crew members as SOs. All P2 qualified for 2 crew operations.