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I can't really agree with you on the calling of the AD and RW. Fine if you are long haul flying with 6 sectors a month you will have everything chisseled into your brain, but if you are an RYR or EZY pilot you could be doing the same number of sectors in a single day (and not necessarily back to base after each sector). Now you are in an operation where you are carrying lots of plates with you, flying at an airport that has been pulled out of the hat of 40 or more destinations you could possibly fly to, there IS a propensity for error and the verbal check is an extra line of defence to ensure you are both singing/flying from the same sheet.
411, I agree with the KISS theory but only to a point - For you and your crews with decades on type perhaps it is fine, but in an outfit like FR you simply can't guarentee that the other guy is up to speed - Here in RIXland we have a revolving door of low hour FOs who benefit from the statement of the b**dy obvious, and snr Captains who have previously worked in other outfits with different SOPs (for some reason our SOPs are more than a little different to anything seen or heard of before). It is better to have a review of the obvious than have the RHS (or LHS for that matter) guy/gal sitting partially in the dark.
RIX