It's a dangerous culture that is being set from what I see.If you begin to pressurise crew into conducting Flap 3 and Reverse Idle landings , there could be a day when even if it is actually required to do a flap full and max reverse landing ,the crew may be reluctant to do it...they might fear being pulled up by the management.This generally leads to a situation wherein the crew stop thinking and just start following what's given to them blindly.I firmly believe that as a PIC , you should have the freedom to deviate from SOPs as and when required and not be pulled up for it.If a PIC does it repeatedly then he is wilfully violating company SOPs.But if it is a one of thing based on circumstance and safety has not been compromised , then the company should respect it.The same goes for deciding the fuel.Certain carriers around the world maintain a passive monitoring of a PICs fuel management through the year.He is only pulled up if his average is high.....hell why are we paid so much...we're there to make decisions in a dynamic environment
