Originally Posted by
Brian Pern
Why, if you followed the ENGINE FIRE checklist you would just have pulled the Fire Switch, there is no need to discharge a fire bottle.
This would cover you in case someone wanted to hang you out to dry and this does happen
It’s been a long time since I flew the 737 but distant memory says that if you have an overheat that doesn’t go away at idle, you are directed to the Engine Fire Checklist, which treats a fire and an overheat as the same thing. In this particular circumstance, following the checklist would lead you to firing both bottles and the overheat/fire still being indicated, so then what? Evacuation? The OP said on stand but was that with a door open or not? At this point I suspect many of us would be looking bemusedly at a shut down engine that has no physical signs of anything untoward going on and and thinking do I really want to carry on down this road?