Originally Posted by
Sergei.a320
We have been using new airbus SOPs, briefings and checklists since december 2021, everythings works well and more comfortable. Lots of things should now be discussed ,especially during preflight (prelim and cocpit prep parts). But they deleted After t/o climb checklist, imho very safety related one. I.e. l/g up should be checked
I’m happy about it actually. Let’s be honnest this aircraft is so well designed that you could fly it safely without any checklist if the crew were properly trained and were following SOP strictly. All the critical items are monitored and displayed on the memo, PFD and ND( WX radar& PWS). I mean for example the current landing check list in my outfit :
-CABIN CREW…Advised
Not a big deal if not advised, gears down is their trigger.
-A/THR…. SPEED/OFF
Lol.. Really? You don’t know the status of your A/THR??!
-Autobrake… As required
Should have been briefed and set already during approach preparation. Also, when PM set gears down he should confirm the Autobrake status by SOP.
-BARO REF… SET (both)
Ok this one is critical but already mentioned just before in the approach checklist…
- ECAM MEMO….Landing no blue
The only one I agree is kind of necessary on the landing checklist.
With the new checklist, a proper monitoring from both pilots is enough IMHO. We had cases of crew forgetting to retract the gears even so it was acknowledged “up” by the PF after PM read it on the checklist. Or another case they will do the checklist then realised the gears are still down and then retract above 220kt..
I’m happy they removed the after take off climb checklist. All we have to do is to train the pilots to add in their scan the landing gears indicators lights after selection of flaps zero.