Many or most SOPs were created many years ago in order to avoid this problem: for a given First Officer, how will Captain Hot Shot, for a new FO or FE, run "his" flightdeck? How about Captains Normal, Humble or Meek? Who knows? What could the FO expect thirty years ago? And in a larger type of jet, how different will the operation be? Unique styles and hard-heads, bloated, or delicate egos were major reasons (never mind the image for the young, pretty cabin crew back then...). During a serious abnormal situation it is no time to be guessing about the so-called standard stuff and just how two or three crewmembers should coordinate duties.
Over twenty five years ago a C-130 crew from an operational Little Rock squadron crashed after they spent a while at an airport analyzing a propeller governor malfunction (Fort Campbell?). Even if they had first selected mechanical on the governor, a fairly prompt engine shutdown (feather, de-couple, pitchlock etc)and landing might have ended their problem in a safe manner. In the Navy P-3, both 2P and PPC pilots memorize a large chart (4 columns, each with about 8 squares per column) in order to deal with various prop and Allison engine malfunctions, because they can be hours from land.
And due to the ValuJet DC-9 crash (and the MD-11 at Halifax?), when we now train for sudden smoke in the cabin or c0ckp1t, we tell the FO to fly, put on mask and goggles, head immediately to the nearest suitable airport and attempt to go thru the full emergency checklist. But (!), if it is a short distance to the airport, priority is to get the plane safely on the ground with flaps 40 and landing gear down etc-even if we have too little time to finish the emergency checklist.
Survival is more important than total compliance with a long complex set of procedures IF both pilots are needed to prepare NOW for an unfamiliar, possibly hazardous airport (Wyoming, MT or Vermont...) and/or demanding instrument approach etc. In a two-pilot c0ckp1t, the flying pilot (solo) can only do so much.
This can be an extreme example. If we die, we won't find the chance to be a "Monday Morning Quarterback" (i.e. football).
How important is your "delicate pink body" or those of your family? Your passengers?
