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Old 7th Oct 2005, 15:27
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CTC 737 take off brief

Am going to CTC in the near future, and am looking at rehearsing my pre take off brief for the 737 which i've no experience of.

If anyone could give me any pointers regarding what CTC are looking for i'd appreciate any information.

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Old 7th Oct 2005, 16:06
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I would concentrate on more important things, such as getting standard calls correct first.

But, brief the:

Tech log and ADD's, Departure Alternates and Speeds.

Brief the departure, without boring the other guy to death, and talk thru any emergency turn,

Brief the MSA's and enroute PLOG MORA's,

then, give an emergency brief, along the lines of:

Anything on push back,on stand or the taxy, I will ( or I expect you will) apply the park brake and sit on my (your) hands while we identify the problem..... we will use any EICAS (ECAM) prompts or the QRH if necessary.

On the runway I will stop for anything significan to 80 kts, between 80 and V1, I will only stop for Fire,eng failure, blocked runway or anything that leads us to believe the airplane will not fly.

Thru V1, we continue, TOGA thrust (consider), rotate, and remind me to get the gear up. We will abandon the SID and climb straight ahead. We will accelerate at xxxxfeet and consider our options. If we are still on fire we will return here or do xxxxxx.....

Then reiterat that no thrust lever, engine master or fire buttons should be moved without positive confirmation from BOTH pilots.

Most importantly !!!! ANY QUESTIONS????

Involve the other guy and keep it simple and short and sweet. CRM CRM CRM.
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Old 7th Oct 2005, 16:29
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A very helpful response thank you, sort of beats my "and the last one homes a homo" effort.

I was dreading the be-anoracked spotter type responses from the scout hut types ...."spelling this" ...."it's obvious that"

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Old 7th Oct 2005, 16:33
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Certainly not perfect but this ok

Set T/O thrust by 60kts
Call 80 Kts throttle hold
Call any failure effecting safety
Call V1 at XXXkts and VR at XXXkts

In advent of failure before V1 / stop call.......You will close throttle/select Reverse/monitor braking/ensure spd brk deployed/and stop.

If Go Call or failure after V1....I will continue T/O with no immediate action below MFRA except for you to silence warning and raise gear on my command.
be alert for incapcitation.

Sid already discussed!
Runway XX / Dry-wet/ wind/ emergency turns?
Any questions?
Right now dont fcuk it up and start your clock on the roll.
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Old 7th Oct 2005, 17:30
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Also say what you will do if you get a Master Caution after 80kts (i.e. Make a note of it and Cancel the warning) coz generally after 80kts you will only stop for ANY fire, Engine Failure, Handling Problems, Predictive Windshear (NG) etc. (Most airlines' SOPs wil cover this but some don't).

When briefing the SID don't just focus on the Nav aids - it's all very well saying what's on Nav1 and Nav2 blah blah but at 400' you are going to press the LNAV button so emphasise what's in the box more than the nav aids. I've seen people brief the SID verbatim from the Jeppesen/Aerad without noticing they've put the wrong SID in the box.

All the best - Kemble seems a million years ago.
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Old 7th Oct 2005, 18:18
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Ahhhh Kemble those were the days...

Again thanks to everybody, god speed SickBocks and thanks

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I was at ctc recently for a few courses and they give you all the stuff you need. No point in getting to worried about it as each airline seems to have their own take on briefings.
If you're going for the AQC course its the same deal they send all the stuff out to you in advance of the course.
As someone else has already said in one of the other posts its more important to know that standard calls and the profiles that you'll be using.

Good luck!
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Old 9th Oct 2005, 20:31
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I was at CTC a couple of years ago and I'm sure the sim work won't have dramatically altered. Best thing I'd say is to go there with a clear head. They're not expecting you to be a 737 pilot yet, so will teach you what you need to know when you get there.

One other thing, try not to dribble over Mrs Robinson (sorry, Karen) when you get there!
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