Originally Posted by
aa73
I thought you meant at the gate, I missed the “after landing” part. 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.
Listen, in the last month I flew with a guy who never called for the checklist (he wanted me to "just run that thing, quit asking") even though it specifically says its the cpt who calls for the bold checklists (bold isnt correct term but I am too lazy to look up the term used).
I have never started the APU after landing, Ever, never.
Before takeoff checklist? half the guys call for it when we are #1 like the book says, the other half are waiting on takeoff clearance/or lineup and wait clearance.
HUD? Ha, thats all over the map too. Briefings prior to before start checklist? that 50/50. review of performance date? say 35%. Callouts all over the map. In a previous life I was pretty anal about stuff like this and even atc calls but I was in charge of standardization so I had to be, here? I am the gear guy. IDK, I could be a jerkoff FO and try and correct every little thing but at the end of the day it is about getting the job done with a cooperative cockpit environment. If a CPT wants to do stuff his way I am surely not going to ruin a 4 day because of it.
Al is right though, no standardized at all, maybe on paper but where the rubber meets the road? nope