The big deal is that the Fo has no experience when he upgrades, pa's should be a pnf duty when ac moving etc.

I just hope egos can be put aside and we can take the safest, most efficient procedures from both sides.

Bean

CLT mornings a lot.......

Omg, you are just adorable!

Don't worry, thankfully we're not merging with Southwest. Remember when the company was reviewing approach data and they focused training on executing missed approaches? During that time I was talking to a buddy at Southwest who said they were encouraged not to go around because it wastes gas. They've gotten better since the publicized overruns, but the culture of money and time over safety is still there.

Bean

Har har......

Agreed. Doesn't really matter to me anyway........a leg's a leg.

PA's ?

Did 'em for 18 years and doesn't matter to me either.

Depends on the F/O's background. F/O's MAY have no experience in making ANY "final authority" decsions (including the really important stuff) when they are kicked loose from Captains IOE and simple PA's should be learned easily in IOE. PA's while taxiing though is surprising the Fed's signed off on that, but what 'ya gonna do ?

Correct, it's 3/4SM... I made a typo.

Regarding the PAs... I don't care either. Let the CA make' em all. However - the one PA that should be made by the FO, or change it to a simple chime, is the Prepare PA prior to takeoff. It's always been a CA's PA and it really makes no sense for him to talk and taxi at the same time. It was signed off by the FAA simply because AA's POI was ingrained in AA's procedures for years.

I'm sorry, my reply to your initial post was a bit jerky. In all honesty, I completely agree with your post but have been through a couple of mergers now. The "best practice" mantra was how we approached it but the implementation was messed up. As a forever optimist, I share the same hope as you. Cheers.