Originally Posted by
Al Czervik
Swing and a miss. Check the FO’s after landing flow. It ok though, in 2 years not one CA has got all those right and I’ve only had one guy use the correct procedure with the APU. Your FO’s may not be confused about who does what. They (if they care/know) just sit there and watch you do it the wrong way. They’re used to and expect the deviance. Unless you just went through the manuals you seem much more SOP than the norm. I’ve seen a few planes here and I think I’m making an informed call. Like I said.. it’s not dangerous it’s just not SOP. I’m done arguing antics.
I thought you meant at the gate, I missed the “after landing” part, my bad. It’s a CA flow at the gate, but if the FO gets to the plane first and it’s hot, I’d absolutely want him her to start it. So I guess in that case we’d be deviating from SOPs but who in their right mind wouldn’t want their FO to proactively cool/warm the cabin early?
After landing, yes it’s an FO flow. So what I’m getting at is, it’s all described verbatim in the expanded OM1 and the T&F cards. Are you implying that CAs are starting the APU after landing, instead of the FO? If that’s the case then yes you’d have a point.
What about all the other items in your list that I answered? In your experience are guys not adhering to those? In my time in the left seat ever since T&Fs came out, Everyone’s job and division of duties is clearly spelled out and pretty much everyone adheres to it.