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Old 27th Aug 2013, 19:55
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CaptainProp
 
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Blind pew - Ever heard of SOPs? This is not about ability to land after a high speed approach, or making a 180 and land after a fire, or knowing "checklist philosophies as well as systems"(?!).

This is about SOPs. SOPs that we, most of us anyway, are paid to follow. Some SOPs might seem daft, unecessary or overprotective. Never the less, we are paid to follow them. If you don't like them, send in suggestions to your fleet management on how to change them in to better procedures.

Also, following SOPs does not produce pilots that "only pass a sim check if he revises and thinks that a professional approach can only be carried out when stabilised from 1000ft". Are there pilots out there that should have never gotten in to a cockpit in the first place? Absolutely, but that has always been the case. Nothing new there.

Wonder why we fly stabilised approaches?

Because its in our SOPs.

Because it reduces deep landings that result in expensive overruns.

Because it reduces hard, expensive, landings.

Because insurance companies are keeping an eye on nr 2 and 3 above.

Because it reduces costly non weather related go-arounds.

Etc etc etc.....
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