Originally Posted by
Buck Rogers
I’ll take the new way....not because it is easier, but because they pay us to be pilots in the air and on the ground....NOT MECHANICS. The FAA procedures have changed and now you have to bring dispatch/Mx into the loop(on the ground). They want you to follow the checklists/ECAM actions...not trouble shoot. So guys that “think” they understand systems knowledge and John Wayne it, invariably get themselves into trouble....... if you have a no sh!!ter...they expect you to be a pilot..ie stall....break the stall...flock of birds over the Hudson?....do some of that pilot shiznit.
I tend to think there should be enough systems comprehension to know why the checklist/ECAM is telling you to do something. Nobody should attempt to "John Wayne it" with systems knowledge, but if you understand why you're flipping a switch it can help prevent errors and keep you out of trouble. In a no-****, no-time, multiple failure emergency that isn't in the QRH, good systems knowledge might help you accomplish some of that pilot shiznit. We don't need engineer level knowledge, but I do wonder if we've dumbed it down a little too much.