Originally Posted by
skydawg
Airline flying is what you make it. You can be a programmer if your want (for the most part). Anybody with any brains and skill won't. In the end, when things don't go your way, the programmer is going to be in big trouble.
I'll admit that it's harder to polish your flying skills in airline flying, but you can, and should, do it.
JMO,
Skydawg
Thinking is a dangerous thing for airline pilots. The plane might go down in flames but if the pilots are heard on the tape to be following procedures then no one can fault them. On the other hand if the captain taxi's into a ground cart because he failed to follow procedures and thought he had a better way then he has some answering to do.
We all can try harder but still the goal is to become exactly average and completely centered within the limits of the manual. There are no benefits to being better than the minimums set. It will not help you to advance or to be credited with saving a plane. Even if your non-procedural actions have a positive result the pilots will be faulted for not following the procedures.
SkyHigh