I've just completed my morning troll through Latestpilotjobs to see if my job in paradise awaits. Not quite paradise but a U.K. based job is inviting, upon closer inspection though and listed within the job 'desirables'...Short-field experience (on jet types).
I've never seen this written in a job description before especially for a jet type! From a performance point of view, surly so long as the runway length (ASDA, TODA, TODR, LDA etc) is sufficient to satisfy the particular jets requirements for given conditions (WAT) then why is it particularly necessary for short field experience? Either you can do the job safely/legally or you can't?
My EASA Ops manual does not specify any particular short field procedure, nor does my aircraft AFM detail performance figures nor procedure for this. Performance figures on jet types are effected by many things such as runway contaminants, gradients, altitude and obstacles etc but not short field!
Perhaps this is a FAR thing which I am not familiar. Is there a special procedure?
