Originally Posted by RYR-738-JOCKEY
Would you mind explaining your SOP about the BUG -5..etc.
We call a deviation if no corrective action has been initiated, especially if below intended bug speed. In windy conditions you allow for the fact that the speed isn't going to be 100%, but in calm conditions like yesterday a trend was developing that was not being checked. It was a VOR approach at night and the F/O had transitioned to the visual, was not lined up with the centreline and did not respond having been 'called' twice. I assumed incapacitation and took control, lining up with the centrline and getting the speed back, landing safely. On debrief he admitted that he was working hard and didn't have any extra capacity to answer. Hopefully we both learnt something on that flight (the first time I have taken control from another pilot).
PP