Originally Posted by
idlethrust
Their sop's are just crazy, having the captain verify vspeeds while he is taxiing instead of doing it at the gate,a ridiculous 2 paragraph taxi brief that you have to memorize verbatim, numerous times where the poh says one thing and the fom says something different. Not to mention the 8 to 10 months it takes to get through their training pipeline.
Eh, while I agree a lot of the checklist sequence between the gate and the runway could really be better structured (the V speeds in particular), I've yet to come across a "2 paragraph taxi brief."
And it's never been "8 to 10 months." More like 5-6, which is still way too long. Lots of guys have been getting 3 month paid vacations though, so there's that.
Also, that was just painful to read.