Originally Posted by
higney85
FOQA is great, except for the fact it only uses numbers. There are many scenarios where FOQA will show up as a problem by the numbers, yet in the cockpit both guys are 100% on top of things. Gusty winds come to mind.... Ref +/- 5kts with a 30+ knot wind and a green line 10 kts above ref may look fine on FOQA, but in reality we need to carry the extra speed (Ref + half gust factor). Talking with the "gatekeeper" these factors are hard to see, and in the case of 100+ departures and arrivals in a single push the fines would be outrageous when people are exercising that thing called "pilot judgment".
That's why the data would be compared with other operations and be accounting for the number of operations etc... This would come down on airlines and require them to do better training, pilots should support this.
Also I don't understand why airline pilots are having any issue with requirement to have an Airline Transport Pilot certificate to fly for an airline.