Old 08-30-2011 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by captainv
I was jumpseating on a DAL 757 last week and I noticed that the ACARS spit out a report criticizing the rotation rates on takeoff/landing, which the PF read, shrugged and tossed in the trash.

That could cut both ways - you know immediately if you're off the standards instead of waiting for a line check or the sim, but especially if it gets reported to the brain trust, that level of scrutiny would get most of us to engage the autopilot as much as possible.

We started using FOQA recently and Safety has found plenty of issues to tackle, but I can see where micromanaging would push us toward using more automation, not less.
Your sort of right. The problem with that report (757-300 and now some 767) is NO ONE knows where the snap shot is taken. Therefore, of little value. I'll look at it for the rotation rate but for little else.
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