Rananim.quite apt! Obsession with SOP could lead to the kind of obsessions that distract from the primary task of flying and ending up in a CFIT.SOP are there to promote safety and not to increase workload and dull Pilot's reflexes from removing the flight from an undesirable situation.Actions which breach SOP can be taken confidently once communicated and then accounted for later at a safer flight phase.Lets adhere to them but not be chained to them I say.
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Rananim
THeres good flying and bad flying.Aviation survived for many years before the introduction of CRM and SOP's.Good flyers might break SOP's or infringe the tenets of CRM when required but they're still good.Bad flyers might never break SOP's and be everyone's buddy-buddy but they're still bad.