Guys and gals, in the end Al Czervik does have a point in that apparently stuff is being done differently by crews. Which would indeed represent a lack of consistent SOPs. What I thought he was saying in the beginning, was that those items weren’t adequately described in the manuals and checklists, and that’s what the lack of SOPs he was talking about. My bad.

Al, thank you for keeping it professional while I went overboard.

Let’s hope these issues get addressed in the near future... standardization is safety.