piratepete, we appear to have different backgrounds and views.
Monitoring – actually the intervention part, isn’t about talking, it’s about communicating relevant information, as and when the situation demands.
Monitoring requires good situation awareness; intervention also requires awareness including the importance of any difference between the existing situation and that required, i.e. when to intervene (speak) .. we don't need an SOP for that.
Many SOPs result in clipped meaningless alerts which can be lost in the routine of operation; monitoring and intervention require a focussed exchange of information alerting or warning of a serious problem, to effect a change in activity / situation.
“We need to be re-educated about SA”, on this I think we can agree.