Originally Posted by
stilton
Calling out an automatic function that works properly just adds to the workload, the PM still verifies speedbrake deployment but verbalizing it is unnecessary
Got it, no need for FMA callouts anymore after a mode is armed. No need for an N1 call at thrust reduction, we verified the altitude at the ground and the autothrottle.
@boeingchiefpilot, please change your FCOM.
PS: the "major airline" reasoning... Major airlines have one downside and that is that people spend way too much time in one ecosystem and start to believe it is the one and only truth. It's not because you are a "major" airline, you are "a better reference" (AA587 is a fine example), otherwise all major airlines would have the same procedures. Unfortunately they differ quite a lot.
It's not a bad idea to go back to the basics where it all is supposed to start: the Boeing original FCOM (ALL major airlines procedures are based on this reference, so you should ask Boeing why the procedure was written that way in the first place, before claiming it to be completely "unnecessary").