Thanks Alexban. I have not yet seen an authoritive statement from Boeing that the revised procedures also apply to 737 Classics. While it may be logical in mixed fleets, I am not sure about the veracity of these procedures on fleets with only Classics.
There would seem little reason to change the procedures here just for the sake of change, from procedures that have stood the test of time since the early Seventies. If there was a pressing flight safety reason to change the Classics due perhaps from lessons learned from recent accidents, I could understand it. But not just because Airbus has an advantage on cross-cockpit qualification.