Originally Posted by shfo

That rule is broken thousands of times everyday in regional, major, legacy and low cost carrier cockpits. There are more important things to look at. Sully violated it,

I think Mr. Babbitt should read the USAir 1549 transcript where Sully and Jeff are talking about the Delta/NW merger during the push, then Sully calls ops on his Cell phone while they are monitoring tower for takeoff.