Originally Posted by
iaflyer
A few years ago the feds were all up in arms about crews resetting CBs willy-nilly. Now you can reset a CB once if the Captain determines if the CB has an significant impact on safety.
Usually when something goes wrong, first thing is to check for CBs out. Now the CB that was popped on the LOT 767 was in a hard to see spot that might be blocked by a flight bag. (another reason for EFBs!)
That used to be a pet peeve of mine at my last company. Guys used to lay their chart binder on top of a circuit breaker panel that was next to either pilot seat position.
My opinion, some guys bring way too much crap by the CB panel.