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Old 01-08-2020 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Armyguy
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
Granted, I’m a brand new 737 CA, but all of those things you’ve mentioned were harped on by my instructors and checkairmen, so it feels natural for me to do all those things the way I was taught.

My guess is that maybe a lot of those captains you refer to are still doing things the old school way.
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