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Old 30th October 2002 | 21:27
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Yarba
 
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Oops nearly,

I think the idea of swapping seats is good, but do you think it's really safe to do it several times a day? Changing seats on different days I can see, but are you not worried that if you have a pilot inexperienced on type as the handling pilot, who has just swapped to a different seat at the end of a long day, when you have an emergency he may be reaching the wrong way to switch something off (or, if that is done by the NHP in your company, then having an inexperienced pilot in that role reaching for the wrong switch, lever or whatever is appropriate to your type)?

I've also tried both having the NHP controls taking control when visual and the HP flying to land after the NHP calls visual and I must say I prefer the former. I think that your way of doing things is only for your Dutch operations if the company you're talking about is Schreiner? I think your overseas operations are run differently and are never sent to do any simulator training, but maybe things are different now? Is Schreiner now run entirely the KLM way, or did you manage to have a balanced approach and take the best of both companies after the takeover?
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