Caudillo, you appear to have misunderstood my point. Fly with an enquiring mind.
A well trained, well practiced crew should not require endless re-briefing of standard procedures (SOPs etc) - aspects of operation that will not change; although there is some merit in repetition (over learning), to aid memory recall and associate procedures with expected situations.
Most aspects of normal flight operations, including the same pair of airfields, same aircraft, wt, etc, etc, will still have differences if you look for them. It is the failure to look (to be aware of the differences), which lead to complacency.
Take any of your ‘standard’ days and write down the aspects of each flight that change; QNH, temperature, wind, en-route weather. Then consider what effect these might have on the flight, how does the aircraft performance change with each of these differences; these might seem insignificant, but they should generate interest and understanding, and the willingness to learn.
Consider how many times that you deviated from the ‘standard’, more importantly how many times did you violate a procedure or rule; when, why? What errors were made, how were they detected and corrected? (Conduct a personal LOSA)
Expand this thinking to the people that you associate with; the crew, different pilot flying, different flying technique, different appreciation of the situation; did you really have the same mental model of the situation, have you discussed it?
Then consider the cabin, the ground staff, ATC; and the wider situation; avoid a narrow laser-beam view of what is happening, take a wide scan of the world at large. Ask questions:
- What might a field of burning waste straw mean to you near the airport … wind direction, turbulence, visibility, soot particles in the engine / air-conditioning … ?
- With an engine failure after take off, what are the differences in operation or in the situation with either a left or right crosswind; which engine, same SOP, flight path, climb performance, route (hdg vs track) - differences?
Questions provide variety in flying and thus can make it endlessly different – “excitement every day”.
SkyCamMK,
raising awareness advisable, debriefing essential, but implementing action is best of all. If this cannot be done by ‘mandate’, then at least do it by example.