Originally Posted by dirk75
The OM has been formally approved by the authority, whether they made the effort to actually read that chapter or not is not my business: as long as they did not openly disagree on that, and the CAA stamp is there, we are legal to follow what is written.
Since the day I came into this industry I have been fed a load of bull**** - from pilots to pilots. That bad knowledge could bring you down if you're unlucky.
Someone once told me that lawyers have weeks to dissect decisions that pilots make in seconds. I think that was wise advice.
In the interests of not spreading more crap I'll say this: in the UK the responsibility for the legality of the contents of the OM rests fully with the operator. We can't just insert a sentence that says we're going to ignore runway perf factors and then, because the CAA miss it, start operating that way.
It may be different where you are - maybe you should check?