Originally Posted by
CW247
Recent conversation with Line Checker.
Me: Dials up 9900 in Altitude window as ATC clearance not issued (Greek Islands)
Checker: "That's not procedure, show me where it's written"
Me: "It's not written, it doesn't have to be."
Checker: "So you are making up procedures?"
Me: "It's a memory aid used by thousands of pilots to ensure they obtain and confirm an altitude before departure"
During the taxi, he switches off my taxi lights as we came to a stop. Something I usually do but forgot on this occasion I ask him where that's written. He says, it's airmanship. I agree, I said, but where is it written?
I could hear a nerve rupture.
Why is aviation full of people like this? People who seem to believe that their idea of what's right and wrong is the only one and people who have very little wriggle room for differences?
Another example of how not to conduct a line check.
The Line Checker must not interfere unless safety is in jeopardy and if so will overtake the PIC authority from the formerly designated Captain. Everything else is to be discussed at the debriefing stage, with a coffee and most important a smile, even if the flight was a bit of a circus show by the crew.
You are asking why it is full of people like this. The answer is quite simple in my opinion: poor selection and upgrade processes of training and checking personnel in too many airlines nowadays due to the constant increase in demand for trainers.