Originally Posted by
Knotcher
How many times do we need to check the MCP?
BTW, on the approach descent you check only the altimeter, on the approach you check altimeter and minimums.
You can argue it's an annoyance but can't argue safety because if anything it errs on the safe side. And if you are arguing for checking the MCP more than once you can't argue against this practice either.
I just keep checking everything every second. The Captain usually asks me "why won't you look at me when you talk to me" and I say "because it interrupts my scan of every switch, light, instrument and read-out in the cockpit."