Originally Posted by
pagey
Ours is slightly different in that we don't use EMER depress.
That being said you are still pressing the same amount of buttons as you would during a normal after takeoff check, albeit in different spots. I don't see that it's a big deal.
Why would you "forget" an after TO check? Or to contact departure? I think this is being blown out of proportion.
Because all those things happen at the same time. With the PM heads down doing a read-and-do checklist, the possibility to miss a radio call, or a call from the PF is higher. I'm not saying it will happen, but it certainly increases the odds. The majority of us have spoken, and the company has heard our concerns and made appropriate changes.
The cockpit of a commercial airliner during a critical phase of flight isn't the time or the place to prove to the world how good you are at multi-tasking, and I think most, if not all of us here understand that.
IMHO, if they were to make this into a flow, it wouldn't be a big deal. As it stands, however, it is a supplementory procedure done as a read and do checklist from the QRH.