As an important aside, I agree completely with friend 'Centaurus'. Line flying is not the place for experimentation of any kind. Any airline pilot, whether Captain or F/O, who thinks it is really ought to be grounded - permanently!
It is interesting how centaurus is often picking on a word and making a whole story for it for personal agenda,while forgeting to mention the rest of the sentence"within limits and SOPS"
By "experiment" i meant,please excuse me RHUM if you are too old for the technical terms following,that if a first officer decides to use speedbrake for increasing his rate of descent rather than configuring a bit earlier or using Level change mode instead of Vnav for his own reason...if decides to ask for flaps earlier then uou would,,,just let him be!!!as long as he stays within parameters defined by the airline/airport...let him "experiment"!! Keep your hands on your laps and let him think for himself.
The way this thread has progressed leaves me with enormous concern with respect to flying as a pax on airlines crewed by some of the posters here. But then maybe, just maybe, some posters here ain't what they make themselves out to be.
Please take the BUS then...and make sure to brief your driver not to drive at 55 mph if speed limit is 60 Mph and use the third gear instead of the fourth just because you feel it is more appropriate..
FWIW and in my ever humble opinion, ALL your Line Training Captains should be doing things precisely the same way. Come to that, all your Line Captains should be too. If not, then none of them should hold the positions they do.
You seem to have quite a high esteem of your HUMBLE opinion
Maybe you should refresh your glamorified view of your,albeit old,pilot experience..
Why is this so? How is it possible that such a recently trained F/O is apparently lacking the knowledge required to find the answers without having to resort to this website to seek advice from a plethora of strangers whose skills and qualifications are claimed anonymously?
If you think this website is for ignorant individuals then Welcome to PPRUNE old fart...
