Originally Posted by
thetimesreader84
Question 1 - 6, what do the FCOM, FCTM, and company ops manuals say? I'm pretty sure ours say completely different things to what your Capt does, but I'll let the TRE/TRI crowd sort it out.
Question 7. Yes you do have to flare earlier in a heavy 321 than a light 319 BUT! not by much. For me it's the difference between flaring at the "T" of the "Thirty" call (in the heavy 321), vs flaring at the "y" of the call out. Its something that only comes with experience I'm afraid, but I'm sure you'll get it. If you were given good advice by your base trainers, revert to that. I still do, after about 3,000 hours on fifi!
As I am fast approaching that age, I do my best to be able to show my fellow crew members what and why I do by referring to the company manual. As a copilot always hated flying with the guys that did things un-standard. Having said that, 10 years in the bus after 15 years and 4 other types does give me the experience to sometimes know better than whatever computer is running the show. Never in a “I always take off F2” nonsense way, but I do intervene during descent a lot.
That guy sounds like a total tool tho.