Originally Posted by
BuzzBox
I appreciate the B737 is an 'antique' in many respects, but at the outfit where I flew (non-B737), resetting a tripped CB in flight was prohibited unless it was part of an FCOM procedure and the consequences of doing so were clearly understood. On some aircraft the systems protected by a CB may not be obvious and resetting a tripped CB might have unintended, serious consequences.
Many don’t that’s the problem.
AirAsia 8501 is a report that should be read by all. Go playing around with CBs and it all falls apart pretty quick.
Interesting the CP let them continue. I can’t say mine would have, on the ground please let the engineers deal with it sort of comes to mind.