Rhodes13 -
"So we should just disregard what is written in the manuals and thus becomes a legally binding way to operate the aircraft because you are the oracle?
Tell me which airline you fly for where blatant disregard of the FCTM, Flight manual and SOPS is allowed!"
Come now.....you can certainly read between the lines. It was a take off on "the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way". However, there IS some truth in there if you've spent enough time in airplanes, as many of us have, and seen some of the things that "can't go wrong" that DO go against what you've read or heard. Only experience tells you what can and does happen out in the real world.
BTW.....I'm retired from the Friendly Skies.