Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Remember in Shawshank Redemption and those guys chasing poor Andy around?
Well that's what MD88 training is like.
I wonder; why do they bother training that airplane? Nothing works quite like it is supposed to, so why learn what it is supposed to do? It only results in disappointment and cognitive dissonance over whether what you observe the LCA ignoring on IOE is really a maintenance write up, or not.
Instead, "it flew in here, it will fly out" serves operators of the type well. If it remained on the pavement, or only went slightly off the pavement without damaging airport infrastructure (or if no one saw it, or can't prove who was flying it ) then it's good to go.
Training should be limited to "good luck and God speed."
Just be glad you aren't the Mechanic who has to keep track of all the Special Airworthiness Bulletins, Emergency Directives, Service Difficulty Reports, Maintenance Change Items and engineering revisions.