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Old 12th May 2001, 12:41
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boofhead
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Flanker. If your company had a better way to do it then Boeing would copy it. (And Airbus etc). If your company had the better way then other companies would copy it. That this does not happen proves the fallacy of companies changing procedures based on their own experience.
For example, a new airplane type is introduced and the pilots who flew the older version or similar are sent to do the type rating with Boeing/Airbus/Fokker and they do the quickie version (free). They do not understand the reasons for the procedures, and are taught very superficially (I know, because I've been there).
When they come back, they proceed to rewrite the manuals so that they agree with what they are used to, such that Airbus guys put Airbus procedures in Boeing manuals and vice versa, and old techniques such as flight control checks during taxi instead of before start are retained. The procedures take no account of the new technology, and because the management types who are doing it don't know enough about the new airplane a lot of it's potential for safer and more efficient use is lost.
All this before the airplane is even used in service for the first time! And heaven forbid we might try the manufacturer's recommendations first! (Boeing might make great airplanes (sorry, aeroplanes), but they don't know sod all about operating them!) The cry of the ignorant.
Then you newbies, second or third generation types, who have never seen it done the right way, are trained how it is done Here, and by goodness, we are the world's most popular/best/successful/profitable airline, so we must be doing it right!
Well this might come as a surprise, but you are far from doing it right, as your posts show. You are just doing it the best you can since you cannot/will not learn the right way. The result is and will continue to be a failure to reach the full potential of your airplanes and pilots. Sure it is adequate, but is that what you aspire to? Adequate?