Originally Posted by
retired guy
Hi Skyjob
At an airline not far from you this requires a pilot to leave the flight deck to become the "qualified supervisor". There being nobody else on the ground except the guys loading baggage and the refueller himself.
That pilot must plug in and communicate with the other pilot on the flight deck by inter phone. Or perhaps agreed visual hand signals.
The word "should" as written in the AMC EASA approved document is regarded as "will" since in an accident nobody is going to buy that the word "should" is a reasonable cause for non compliance. As in "should remain at a specified location during fuelling operations with passengers on board"
Certainly the Court would not do so when awarding 500 million in damages.
So I am asking guys who fly with "other airlines" that seem to not need to comply with the above - how do you do it?
By the way I fully agree that this is utter nonsense - but here we are!
Best wishes
R Guy
Thanks for reply R Guy, indeed I am familiar with said airline, also familiar with some of the alternative procedures embraced by others.
OP asked specifically for SOP in Ryanair and to that extent the answer clearly must be a yes, there is such a SOP in place.
Asking 189 people during boarding to leave seatbelt unfastened at the door when they enter will result in a majority not complying.
In theory passengers are required to follow CC instructions, which may include occasional announcements during boarding & fueling in progress to leave seatbelt unfastened.
Granted, some dialects make it impossible t understand what is being said over the PA system, but equally the belts illumination is a reminder the passengers there is no requirement to have their belts fastened.
Each airline operates differently, each airline has their own SOP, each airline follows the rules as I copied them for reference