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Old 15th December 2004 | 21:46
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Alex Whittingham
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Well....... its a neat summary but its an engineer's approach. The list is too long, you got down to (j) before you got bored, the pilots lost you at (c).

The problem isn't pilots who don't know what they're doing, they're likely to follow SOPs. The problem is not pilots who really know what they're doing, they will consider all the variables. The real problem, as always, is pilots who think they know what they are doing and don't, always the majority.

The answer can only be,

1. Operators, prepare the SOPs with the advice of specialists. Ask for what you want, the specialist will give it to you.
2. Pilots, always follow SOPs, do not deviate. You ain't paid to think.

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