It does worry me that basic airmanship needs to be written in an SOP. Clue? Look out the window. Can you see where you are going? No. Check TAT ref: EAI, 2nd turn on Wx Radar. The problem with too many SOP's is it dilutes airmanship because guys stop thinking. There is no SOP to increase thrust if you need to climb. It is just what you need to do. Let's get back to airman and not trained monkeys. ]
Never a truer word spoken. This comment should be sent out to every operator and displayed in every crew room.
To illustrate an example. A SE Asian operator had an SOP where in the 737 the PM was required to call "Stable" when the PF had opened the thrust levers to approximately 40%N1 for stabilisation reasons prior to actuating TOGA. In a simulator session, the PM was told over the private intercom system not to call "Stable."
The PF release the brakes and started to trundle down the runway at 40% N1. The airspeed had reached about 45 knots and we had used up 1500 feet of runway when the PF looked across the cockpit to the PM and said accusingly "You forgot to call Stable."
Cue to freeze the simulator and say WTF