...and for those proponents who "never, ever, stupid, bad airmanship, never ever" etc etc park the brakes on the runway I assume - to be consistent within their thought process - that upon reaching the aerobridge after a flight they do NOT set the parkbrake until a ground engineer advises the "chocks are set"...after all the brake system COULD fail and release the brakes, at least with chocks in place then some of the mayhem may be reduced - if not totally prevented??
Quick quiz question:
IF any problem was going to occur on my aircraft I would prefer it to happen:
- (A) in the air
- (B) on the ground
NOTE: in the spirit of modern CRM there may be no correct answer to the quiz question - however I would hope to hell there would be a huge, overwhelming majority towards (B).
Capt Claret, post #53 pretty much covered my thoughts (especially like the subtle inferences regards professionalism that some will get, some will miss by 1,000 miles), finally can only agree with - and reiterate - his opening:
Bloody hell, what a thread!
Cheers
galdian