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Old 17th Aug 2016, 16:40
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What a ludicrous thread! Crews screw up SOPs when not under pressure, what makes anyone think that putting SOPs into ANC will save startled crew members, under extreme circumstances, that are simply not processing information? Their brains have shut down and they need to get thinking again; they are not screwing the SOPs up because they are thinking...

The biggest problem in the aviation industry is cultural. All the HF guys and girls tell us it is a human trait to make mistakes. We can't f...ing help it; we are all, human. All the pilots accept that tenet and even talk about it to their mates. We then tell crews to avoid errors if they can, trap them if possible and if not to mitigate the effects of the error.

Then the real world intervenes and it is just not good enough. A crew screws-up, makes a mistake and then does exactly what we want them to and make the very best of the circumstances they now find themselves in.
What do we do? Congratulate them? Nope we say "you shouldn't gave made that 'human' error, you need (select your airline):

A. A low grade
B. more training
C. a punishment
D. firing

Until the industry and all the hindsight Harry's on PPrune wise up and accept that we need to really accept that errors will happen; train people to have the basic competencies to do well in trying circumstances, SOP be damned; nothing will change.
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