Originally Posted by NoD
I am not "blaming" the crew - the dumbing down of takeoff perf (typing figures into a computer / ACARS get semeingly random results out/back) and the range of types / weights one can fly even on the same day mean that trapping errors by observaiton / experience is almost impossible. Rigourous use of SOPs - yes, but across lots of airlines / fleets / crews, all that is reduce the number of errors, not eliminate them.
Totally agree on that.
In our operation the crew
still does the W&B and use performance paper chart to get the figures out.
IMO the overall situation awareness is so much better.