then it would have been a good idea to have the other loadie up at the side window, so critical was it to keep an eye out for the moment of crossing the shoreline.
Interesting point.
Transmission debris screens had to be checked every 5 minutes, DECU connectors every 15 minutes. The crew were **** busy!
Periodicity of debris check implies that was more important. But I imagine a DECU connector coming loose would be of more immediate concern, although I'm happy to be corrected by any aircrew. It is an interesting question though.
Of course, the proper answer is the aircraft shouldn't have been flying with such a ludicrous Servicing (sic) Instruction on an LRU hosting safety critical software. ATP should be asked to explain themselves. On the other hand, they didn't amend the SI to make it applicable in-flight, contrary to regs. I wonder if it was they who issued it in the first place, as required by regs? (There's a trend here, honest!).