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Old 18th Oct 2011, 21:16
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Wally Mk2
 
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Good to see that humans can learn from their mistakes. A pilot induced mistake is usually an end result of errors or poor judgment made by others before hand such as ATC trying to squeeze us all in with min delay.

I believe in a 2 crew environment that the PF ought to have a smaller picture of what's going on round him/her than the PNF. That way the PF can concentrate on the 'minding the shop' philosophy where as the PNF can look at the big picture all around them. PF fly's the plane inc it's configuration, looking ahead (if VMC) towards the rwy (if aligned)forming that part of the picture of where he's going and limit what you try to comprehend with regards to what's going on around you as the human brain is a finite peace of equipment with a break down point.
SOP's are a good thing, there to make us all do the same thing at the same time to reduce errors but they can also be just a guide at times. You can make 10 airframes identical but you will never make 10 pilots the same.

Procedures & A/C design/equip are just a back up which worked in this case.




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