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Old 25th Jul 2005, 23:01
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Henry Winkler
 
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A brief run down. The new NORMAL procedures are to align the aircraft as much as possible with the other Boeing glass aeroplanes. Our Company has more than just the 737, so the transition between aircraft types is easier and shorter (similar to Airbus, which saves $$$).
The checklists have changed massively. Instead of checking everything in a checklist, it's only the things that are required for safe flight. Everything else either doesn't matter, or will give you a warning when doing a recall. So the checklists are much shorter. "Before take-off" Checklist is now just "flaps". Also the checkilst names have changed. There is a "Pre-Flight" Checklist and NO "After Start Checklist", just a "Before taxi" Cheklist. The "Descent Approach" Checklist is now split and we have a "Descent" Checklist and an "Approach" Checklist. Also interesting to note that the responses to the checklists are form the pilot whose area of reponsability it is, instead of the F/O(PNF) reads and the Capt (PNF) respond. The exception is the "After-Takoff" which the PNF does by themself.
As for flows, it works quite well. Almost everything in the F/D (pre-flight) is the F/O's. So while the Capt does the walk around, the F/O gets the flight deck ready. When the Capt gets back, everything is done. Makes the preflight pretty tidy.
Also, only the Normal procedures have changed thus far. The NON-Normals are still the old ones. However I believe this is changing to.
Cheers.
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