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NERD
Not sure. What I can't figure out why it's so hard for a certain Air Line will all love to set flaps. How many times do they need to change the procedure? What's so hard about " salute received, flaps whatever, taxi clearance"?
it’s worth reading the significant event summaries. TOFU has running themes of distraction at that point and nonstandard ramp procedures. For instance, on a charter, you sometimes don’t get a salute. This was mentioned in the rationale portion of the change bulletin.