TELL ME IT ISN'T SO! OUR BRIT COUSINS ARE BECOMING MORE LIKE US EVERY DAY
When I was Training on the Airbus A310, the manuals were written by the
French, Translated into English by a German,who was schooled in England
and then Printed for us by a Spanish Printer.This sounds like it was the same
people doing this!
Thought you would like to see the notice that British Airways sent to its
pilots explaining what we in the US refer to as the "monitored approach"
method where on an approach to very low visibility and ceiling one pilot
flies the approach on instruments, and when the other pilot sees the
runway he takes the plane and lands by visual reference.
This removes the problem of the pilot having to make the transition from
flying instruments and at the last minute looking outside and "getting
his bearings" as the other pilot is already "outside". If the pilot not
flying says nothing by the time they reach "minimums", the pilot flying
automatically starts the "go-around" procedure as he is still on the
instruments.
Now try this actual explanation of this procedure from the British
Airways manual:
*** British Airways Flight Operations Department Notice ***
There appears to be some confusion over the new pilot role titles. This
notice will hopefully clear up any misunderstandings. The titles P1, P2,
and Co-Pilot will now cease to have any meaning, within the BA operations
manuals. They are to be replaced by:
Handling Pilot, Non-handling Pilot, Handling Landing Pilot, Non-Handling
Landing Pilot, Handling Non-Landing Pilot, and Non Handling Non-Landing
Pilot.
The Landing Pilot, is initially the Handling Pilot and will handle the
take-off and landing except in role reversal when he is the Non-Handling
Pilot for taxi until the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, hands the handling
to the Landing Pilot at eighty knots. The Non-Landing (Non-Handling, since
the Landing Pilot is handling) Pilot reads the checklist to the HandlingPilot
until after Before Descent Checklist completion, when the Handling
Landing Pilot hands the handling to the Non-Handling Non-Landing Pilot who then
becomes the Handling Non-Landing Pilot.
The Landing Pilot is the Non-Handling Pilot until the "decision altitude"
call, when the Handling Non-Landing Pilot hands the handling to the
Non-Handling Landing Pilot, unless the latter calls "go-around", in which
case the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, continues Handling and the
Non-Handling Landing Pilot continues non-handling until the next call of "land" or
"go-around", as appropriate.
In view of the recent confusion over these rules, it was deemed necessary
to restate them clearly.