Flexible Response I thought you had me downloading something useful not the whole CX FCTM!!!
I would have thought, proficiency in unreliable airspeed scenarios would involve both the technical knowledge that various manuals deliver and high levels of raw data confidence and competency.
This is another relevant point. When CX pushed its SOPs onto KA, we went from a culture of where hand flying and raw data competency was expected, to a culture of where it was restrictive, seemingly discouraged and in the case of raw data flying it was banned!
Pilots recognized the deterioration of their hand flying skills under the new ethos as did the TRG Dept. Management have partially rectified the problem.
Personally, I firmly believe that KA operations into China, with Second Officers in the RHS, requires core competencies that would not seem apparent in a long haul dominated operation such as CX.
KA was based around a loose philosophy that we can't show you everything on command training, but we expect you to demonstrate hand flying competency, in a multi-failure scenario ( more challenging 320 versus 330 ) with a very inexperienced co-pilot ( getting worse with MPL ). What evolved were core competencies in this worst case scenario such as good hand flying skills and very robust and disciplined ECAM procedure.
I'm no luddite, however, I see considerable merit in the above and the challenges the KA operation presents. Yesterday's meeting indicated some commercial autonomy between KA & CX. I hope our pilot managers recognize this and we continue to move back toward Airbus SOPs and a more relevant cockpit culture.