Originally Posted by
Mr Proach
I concur with your point however, isn't the requirement for operational policies, standardisation etc covered under the regulations? The natural consequence would be to have such a person. An accountant developing SOP's would be an interesting scenario especially MCPs. Interesting that you mention BCs, despite all the regulations and titled positions their influence is growing in many sections of the industry and from what I have seen........ no thank-you.
You need to understand how the regs and operating procedures came about in the first place. They are developed as a consequence of aviation itself, all the way back to the very beginning, they evolve with technology. Only those exposed to the risks can see the need to implement or change those procedures. It doesn't happen by someone dreaming them up because it seemed like a good idea at the time, even though we all know that does happen within individual companies, a good overseer will develop, change or remove those. Developing sound, unambiguous SOP's in a written format is a skill in it's own right. very few can do it well.