Briefing for what everyone is already expecting, is a waste of vocal cords. Useful briefings will focus on what is not expected; in other words, the "What if's". Also important, don't confuse briefing, with Cross-checking!
I've almost fallen asleep during some briefings which included enough detail that I could have walked in my sleep to the layover hotel, but if a go-around in good weather due to traffic, etc, occurred, everyone would have been a$sholes and elbows figuring out where they were going and how they were getting there.
Keep the briefings Short, CONCISE and interactive. For example, if you really want to be sure that your PNF is going to select flaps 3/2 when you call "go around", don't simply "tell" him/her. Ask! ie, "... in the event of G/A, what will YOU do?" If you don't regularly do this, I promise you, you will get a dazed and confused look the first time you do. But, better confused now, then when you stuff the thrust on!
Last edited by PappyJ; 5th Sep 2009 at 08:22.