Originally Posted by
PA Slammer
So are we supposed to keep the headsets plugged in or not? Seems like there's some disagreement on that.
And how about the seats... full forward so you can check circuit breakers and ship set or full back so it's easier to get in the seat?
I don't ever mind doing these things, but there doesn't really seem to be an agreement on it.
I like to put the shades up (when installed and it's hot out) as well.
Also, put in the next callsign, dial airspeed back to 100, 0000 in the squawk, switch to "1" and above, even put in 800 above field in the RA.
Takes me less than 30 seconds. Almost always get a comment from the Capt... sometimes good sometimes not.
It depends on which side of the prison yard you come from. One side almost always used the minitel on the airplane and kept them plugged in with the band attached to the Mic before leaving the aircraft. The other side either had their own headset, a liberated minitel, or used the one screwed into the overhead(never could understand why it was permanently attached). I guess that side always left it unplugged for the next headset dujour.
The 756 just made it SOP to plug in the aircraft minitel before leaving the cockpit. In a nutshell, if it's not sop, do what you think is best. It sounds like with your post flight routine you already are.
As for the seat position, we used to have it full forward so we could sling our flight bags by the window. With the advent of ship sets and iPads some don't slide them forward anymore. I do like your idea of having them forward to check cb's.
Good luck on Denver.