Question - AFM/FCOMs - which ones do you use please ?
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Question - AFM/FCOMs - which ones do you use please ?
I am wondering which flight manuals you generally use.
Are they:
1. Provided and published by your employer (the airline) ?
- or -
2.The manufacturer prepared manuals (IE Airbus/Boeing) ?
Also, the procedures (norm/nonnormals) , while based on the manufacturer data, as far as I know are written by the airline training/flight ops deptartment. Is this a correct assumption ?
many thanks for your help - trying to clear up something (and no, it's not a rash.)
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Are they:
1. Provided and published by your employer (the airline) ?
- or -
2.The manufacturer prepared manuals (IE Airbus/Boeing) ?
Also, the procedures (norm/nonnormals) , while based on the manufacturer data, as far as I know are written by the airline training/flight ops deptartment. Is this a correct assumption ?
many thanks for your help - trying to clear up something (and no, it's not a rash.)
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In my present case, it is the AFM.
Only it's not an Airbus/Boeing...it's a Lockheed.
And further, in one rather large SE asian airline where I worked for awhile, they took the Boeing AFM/QRH and put their airline logo on it and said...'fly it this way, please.'
They were very wise, IMO, altho I suspect now that has changed to a large extent.
A few airlines in their infinite wisdom (ugh!) try to have one set of procedures/checklists items for all fleets, in spite of the fact that one size does NOT fit all.
I am a very big believer in using the manufacturers data/procedures, provided of course it makes sense.
However, as I have not flown Airbus equipment, the above may not apply..IE, make sense.
Only it's not an Airbus/Boeing...it's a Lockheed.
And further, in one rather large SE asian airline where I worked for awhile, they took the Boeing AFM/QRH and put their airline logo on it and said...'fly it this way, please.'
They were very wise, IMO, altho I suspect now that has changed to a large extent.
A few airlines in their infinite wisdom (ugh!) try to have one set of procedures/checklists items for all fleets, in spite of the fact that one size does NOT fit all.
I am a very big believer in using the manufacturers data/procedures, provided of course it makes sense.
However, as I have not flown Airbus equipment, the above may not apply..IE, make sense.
