Level Bust Prevention
Folks,
My company is introducing a procedure to assist in level bust prevention. The long and short of it is - if the PM is busy on another frequency, the PF is not allowed to execute any change of altitude or heading until it has been reconfirmed with ATC.
My thoughts on this are two-fold. In some airports we are used to getting early/late descents, and although our SOP's say no Box 2 usage in descent, with early let-downs it's unavoidable and can leave us high on the profile, meaning we have to start slowing down etc..
Also, surely this is going to jam up even more congested frequencies?
Just wondered what your thoughts might be.
Horgy