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?
This forum is in desperate need of a "like" button.
My usual assumption with people who insist it has to be done a certain way is that they don't have enough experience to know it can be done another way. In your altitude example, he's just showing off his knowledge of the minutiae.