Excellent idea Smithy:
We can always wade through the " ego " thing because it is part of the DNA of most pilots.
My position on these issues is to discuss the way we do things in aviation.
I am of course getting past the time in my life where I can be a part of the segment of aviation that sits behind the controls of commercial aircraft due to being time expired by age.
However I have been fortunate to have started in an era when aviation was just really beginning to evolve into the concept of multi crew SOP's we now have in the airline end of flying.
Remember SOP's were put into place by trial and error and designed to enable crews to fly with each other in specific aircraft and specific flight regimes.
These SOP's are designed to take advantage of the machinery they are written for and to achieve the best all around end result.....
.....they are not however written stone nor are they always the best actions to take, because occassionally one must be creative and do something that will save your day that are not written in the SOP's.
I may be old fashioned and even wrong in many of my methods and my decisions regarding how to fly aircraft, but for me it has worked well enough for me to have survived without wrecking any flying devices for a long time.
What does bother me is the mindset that is molded into doing everything by the book with no room for using common sense when it is required.
Anyhow I am willing to discuss these issues and maybe, just maybe pass on something that may save some poor souls ass some day.
Don't worry about hurting my feelings because I am not that old yet that I have become unable to defend myself.....you know that saying...
...I'm to old a cat to be screwed by a kitten?
