“I would follow their SOP's while operating for them.”
Indeed, always have and always will.
“Perhaps "Decal" is a typo.”
Not a typo so much as a sneaky IPAD auto correct that I was unaware of.
“Auto brake does not relieve the pilot of the responsibility of achieving a safe stop wthin the available runway length.”
Yep, noted and very obvious, as per FCOM and common sense.
“Also, proper briefings should cover the use of auto brake and hopefully mitigate any misunderstandings.”
True, but after a 15 hour sector landing at o’dark thirty, mistakes are made. There have been several runway over runs as a result of the crew forgetting to arm the auto brake followed by a lack of callout to alert the PF as such.
My point is, calling “decel” simply based on a speed trend and physical sensation should be obvious to both pilots, BUT does not provide an error trap in the case of forgetting to arm the auto brake.