for the topic discussion
If it is true that this idea of "captain as manager" for abnormal and emergency situations is actually being used by crew more often than we realise(i.e., Capt. Al Haynes,United) and it now seems to have acceptance under these type of situations, does it then have enough merit to make it an SOP for all the known and easily recognised "threat" situations that are always found in the airline work environment and continue to bring airline crew and pax to a deadly end(Capt. van Zanten,KLM, etc., etc., etc.)? Hidden or latent danger is what is bringing most of our fellow pilots to grief. Leaving it to the individual pilot to decide is hapazard and is not changing the flight deck culture to a better standard for the future needs of this industry. Is it time to change who we are and what we do?
Everyone likes progress but, no one likes to change!