remember when we had check rides in the sim every six months and someone thought, why not call it AQP and do it every year?
it is about money
it is about culture
our culture is : if anyone can do something to keep a plane from crashing,they should do it, (simply put, not actual words).
At Vref, I would have said, you are at vref and should be vref plus five.
at vref minus 5 I would say: you are slow...add power
at vref minus 10 I would say: I've got the plane and I would add power
I sure wouldn't wait until vref minus 35 or so.
lonewolf makes a good point...who was in charge? sounds like NO ONE WAS...
First World Plane
First World Airport
4th World culture.
It isn't racism, I'm sure there are some darn fine Korean pilots...But the culture or ego has to be checked at the cockpit door.
I would make sure that both the check cp and the guy in the left seat never flew again
I would talk to the third pilot who mentioned speed and put him in charge of culture change at the airline...I would also set up a minimum Decibel level for callouts