Originally Posted by
cencal83406
If he could at least be accurate in the listing of FAR violations. For example, you are NOT violating sterile cockpit if you are doing a non-flying duty on the ground with the parking brake set. Says so in company FOMs. The specific reference I can think of goes something like this: "PAs other than the 'be seated' PA specifically required by the before takeoff checklist may be done outside sterile cockpit (hereafter defined as the period with aircraft not moving and parking brake set.)" This permits you to, for example, make a PA talking about a delay in takeoff where you turn off the seat belt sign and allow cell phone usage while occupying a taxiway. You are at that point no longer in sterile cockpit.
I agree. The problem is that he's a 'journalist' and has a right to report to that standard. If any of this leads to an FAA investigation on a particular pilot, they will have the opportunity to present evidence to a panel that understands the nuances of the FARs. I prefer to avoid that 'opportunity'
