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Old 12th Jun 2016, 12:53
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vilas
 
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Check airman and Cak
Problem is not reading it or not. Problems start when the things are done automatically, no matter if you read it aloud
It is known as conditioned reflex. Airbus does not say FMA is a recall. You read the FMA as you see it. If you read aloud wrongly the PNF can correct it. Anything will work as long as you see the change happening on FMA, verbalisation is for confirmation by the other guy. Even if you didn't observe it at all nothing may happen to you but multiply that by number of pilots flying the airbus and something will happen and has happened. When repeatedly a way of operating gives rise to accidents/incidents it is a serious matter. A lot of thought and much more qualified people than line pilots make airplanes and procedures to fly them. A line pilot armed with only FCOM simply in no position to make changes to SOPs. The Flt Ops should consult with the manufacturer and only then make changes. If every pilot is allowed to bring in changes to SOP it will lead to anarchy. For a line pilot as Col Jessop says in A Few Good Men " We follow orders(SOP) or people die. it's that simple."
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