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Old 13th Feb 2001, 02:51
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storyman
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Post Confusing Simulator practices at Singapore Airlines

I suppose it's one of those things that can be argued both ways. Personally, I found the following practice confusing and dangerous.

In the Singapore Airlines simulator the First Officer does the reject when he is Pilot Flying. This may sound like a good way to make pilots proficient but if it happens in real life it leads to a confusing situation at a critical time. As a FO-PF you are conditioned into rejecting when an event occurs prior to V1 on the take-off roll. Even though it is the Captain's responsibility and he may decide that the event does not warrant a reject or it is simply too dangerous to reject, in those 2-3 intense seconds the FO can have already started applying full braking and the bringing of the Reversers into play.

What do you think?