Pilot incapacitation
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Pilot incapacitation
In my company, F/Os are banned from taxiing. In case of the old fart in the left seat dying, they are told to land, come to a stop on the R/W, apply the parking brake and wait for a tug. To taxi off the R/W is not allowed. . .. .Do your company have the same rule?
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I can see your thread getting moved to a different forum in the not too distant future!. .Nevertheless you've got to be joking! Let's say said scenario occurs who the hell decides captain is clinically dead and cannot be revived? Could your airline be running the risk of legal action? i.e. said captain could have survived if only FO taxied to the stand where medical attention is likely waiting?? Personally if my other half 'cream puffed' it in said manner and doc's said they could've been saved I'd shaft the airline concerned silly for every possible penny-and I ain't American! If I'm not mistaken this 'FO doesn't taxi' keeps insurance down? . .. .BUDGIE <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />
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From: 'An Airfield Somewhere in England'
From a UK-based A320/1 operator:. .. .Every sector, both pilots (Capt or F/O) have a complete role reversal (tech log completion, walkround, FMGC loading, pushback and taxiing. There is no job an F/O or Captain cannot do to the same standard of proficiency as the other. Obviously the Captain is usually more experienced than the F/O but both guys are expected to be up to speed. The only limitations come on weather (Capts may take-off down to 125m vis but F/Os have to have 650m. Also crosswind limits for F/Os are 2/3 of the Capt's) . .. .It works well, and the issue of whether the F/O is up to the job of taxiing simply does not exist.
