Originally Posted by
Meikleour
Max Angle: This BA "foible" regarding the non-handling pilot selecting REV after touchdown goes even further back - in fact that was SOP on Vanguards, Tridents and B707-436 in the '70s.!!! A deeply ingrained cultural issue within BA.
I don't quite go that far back..I can't recall for sure exactly how it was done on the 747-136/236 ( suspect the FE fine tuned reverse after the initial selection but can't remember for sure).
AS I recall it when we got the 744s things became logical (i.e. Boeing) for a while and the handling pilot operated the reversers..(certainly on landing). Then, as you say, " cultural issues " and the BA way intervened and the SOPs changed.