Reading the previous twenty-odd posts demonstrates that you are unlikely to find two pilots in a bar that are in agreement on what should be verbalised and what is unnecessary
You are so right
One of my several pet hates is the common call in many airlines of "SPEED" (shouting intended..) when the airspeed is not in accordance with what ever the company tolerances are. Similarly "ALTITUDE"
A glance at the Boeing 737 FCTM reveals no mention of a standard recommended alert call for an outside airspeed or altimeter tolerance. The FCTM however does say: "The PM calls out significant deviations from command airspeed or flight path." It is then up to the operator to specify the limit of those deviations which would then attract a call from the PM.
I fail to understand the logic of the one word call of "SPEED" or "ALTITUDE". Would it not be more logical for the PM to call "SPEED LOW/HIGH?" so that an immediate corrective action is taken to rectify the speed problem?
If one airspeed indicator shows the speed as above the high published company tolerance, and at the same time the other pilot's speed shows a markedly different indication, at least a rapid glance at the standby ASI may resolve the anomaly.
Same with the call of an altimeter reading. "Altitude High" or Altitude Low" alerts the PF to a problem. But "ALTITUDE" means SFA, IMHO.
And don't you just hate it when an eager beaver sings out "SPEED" when you are a mere one or two knots above or below the published tolerance. Then keeps babbling "Speed" even though the PF is clearly taking corrective action.
Or the idiot who calls "Speed" in a triumphant tone of gotcha then innocently explains to a pissed off PF that although the speed was OK at the time of the call, the speed trend arrow indicated the PF would soon be outside the tolerance.
