Originally Posted by
757Driver
...there's so much talking and pointing going on that radio calls and actually flying the aircraft are taking a back seat to VVM'ing. That, IMO, is less safe than it was before the January edict and as PIC, I'm using my authority by suspending it from takeoff until landing. Bulletin says I can do so, and I will.
How's about just looking at the FMA's like we've always done and if it's incorrect, do something about it? We're micromanaging every aspect up there and this ridiculous procedure isn't helping.
Well said. We're all onboard with VVM, CRM, etc., but this new procedure is just talking to talk, and is taking away from situational awareness, not enhancing it. I've been on arrival into DEN when the AP in VNAV PATH decided it was just going to blow through our next altitude, probably because it decided the only way to make the one after that was to blow through it. Everything was right on the FMA, but we had to fall back on SA to prevent an altitude bust. I don't think the FAA would have given us a break just because we made all the callouts and the FMA showed the mode we wanted.