Originally Posted by
JFS 3
This is such a garbage take. I've had captains tell me that they insist on getting landing data for a dry 12,000' runway at sea level on a clear day with a light aircraft and no T-Procedure because "what would you tell the chief pilot if something happened?" Absolutely ridiculous. We just blindly make decisions based only on the fear of repercussions, so that in the unlikely event something goes wrong, we'll be able to say "but I printed out this piece of paper that says we should have been able to stop in time?"
Why wouldn't you get landing data? Takes 10 seconds at my airline, I doubt it would take a lot longer at United. And yes, a big chunk of what we do is CYA. But we get paid a crap load of money to do a mostly really easy job, God forbid we put a bit of extra effort in. Go work retail 135 for a few years then come back with some perspective..