Incident
I only ever had a major incident meeting once....my Ground Power Unit caught fire, it spread to the aircraft and was very close to igniting the fuel tank.Evacuation takes place ...no brainier. Then I get to my meeting with the authority ....no small talk...just "so Captain Scarlet tell us on what basis you decided to evacuate your aircraft on 24th July this year" Every written procedure was analysed to death and you just knew had anything been done incorrectly you would have been slaughtered. So as 30 W says if it is not written down that the clearance has to be repeated when given a heading ( and it is written down that it doesn't ) I guarantee that there will be many pilots who will stick to what is written. The trouble with common sense is that it is not very common. From that point of view I don't think reducing the size of a manual to the extent that it makes altitude busts a potential common sense judgement call is the best of moves.
Last edited by RMC; 19th Aug 2016 at 12:44.