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Old 6th Mar 2017, 19:13
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flyer25
 
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Safety Department

Yes, like many companies in the Middle East, China, etc etc The FOQA program in the US and other programs in Europe are more fair to the pilot crew. However, HKA like a number of places has an entire department of people who's job is to find issues with how you operate the aircraft. But the fact finding is not designed necessarily to improve your performance and help you become a better pilot as much as it is to assign blame and put you out of work. I have rarely heard stories of positive interactions with the safety department and certainly at HKA everything is thrown into your file and counts against monetary incentives and renewal of your contract.

If you have an entire department being paid, you can bet they will have to find fault with something. You're just not going to have a week that someone is not called for something. Moreover, you have to return most paperwork back to the company as a part of the CAD requirements , for ETOPS flight etc it's practically everything that you briefed and flew with.

You can be called for missing items. But of course, getting called for not signing a logbook or improper entires affects the relationship with the CAD and has ramifications that make things difficult for the company because these things are legal requirements that are audited.

Oh! one thing to keep in mind is that everyone is under the gun and fear losing their jobs in HK. A good job is hard to come by and when you are trapped in HK. Gate Agents, Ramp personal, FAs, will generally try to push the blame for things off on you as the CAPTAIN.

Most if not all responsibility is on your shoulders and the SOPs etc are all written this way so always take note of when you arrive at the aircraft, how much fuel on board, cause of delays, when crew scheduling called, who you called etc use your smart to take pictures and make notes when things are happening out of the ordinary. Hope that answers the question.
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