Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
IMHO, it is just good business and a better check and balance. It was the way I did it for 10 years before coming to DAL. Makes sense to me. CA touches the pumps and the beacon, the FO hits the HF radios, FD'd, Fuel Switches and checks the levels. This way the CA and FO are verifying that all is right with the ship prior to blasting off.
To me it is a no biggie.
I agree its no biggie. But, it is wasted oxygen. Any FO worth his or her salt takes care of all that stuff. I always make sure before I leave the CP that nothing's on that shouldn't be on. Plus, still about half of the CA's I fly with don't know the responses. They're still trusting me to do it even though I'm reading the checklist as well. I know its not a big deal but its not "best practices" in my book. Empower the FO to do his job and hold him accountable.