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Make them aware, that we are NOT SUPPOSED TO CALL OUT FCU ACTIONS.
We are supposed to call out all mode changes (via the FMA) and parameter changes. We are to locate the proper button/knob on the FCU and perform the necessary action with reference to the PFD.
That is why, with the AP OFF, the PF orders the action and the PNF performs it - AND THEN THE PNF ANNOUNCES THE FMA CHANGE because that's what he's looking at. PF merely responds with CHECK.
Ex. (AP OFF):
PF: Set HDG 350
PNF: HDG 350 Set
PF: Check
Rule is, whoever manipulates the FCU makes the announcement, other guy confirms it.
In your example, the pilot shall locate the button, pull it and announces what he sees in the PFD: "Speed selected (because it is BLUE), 250kts" (nowhere in the PFD can he find the word PULL).
Last edited by capt. solipsist; 29th July 2015 at 12:17.