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Old 12th Oct 2014, 13:06
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I don't know if its changed(Boeing wise) but a big difference between Boeing and AB was/is the pedanticism of calling out the FMAs. It was drummed into everyone on the AB course that EVERY FMA change is called and acknowledged on the AB but
I don't remember that to be case with Boeing (75 or 73) no doubt most operators use the manufacturers SOPs as the framework for their own but this practice, or rather lack of, is one I cannot understand. Similarly on the Boeing the FMC operation was the duty of the PM below 10k while the AB allows PF to start pressing buttons from gear up!
Surely its in everyones interest to get general automation training, principles and awareness standardised across different types(and operators) to try and remove at least a small slice of expensive emmental?
But then that would mean cooperation between B & AB!! Silly me.
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