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Originally Posted by OneEye
The training department did not have any role in this other than writing the FIL as directed. Most instructors I know saw nothing wrong with the way it was. As stated in another post, I'm sure the FAA had something to say about it.
The FAA mandated how we format the index in our QRH? No. They want us to calculate exact numbers for landing when our engine is on fire. Maybe. Could the training department incorporate this along with keeping "worst case scenario" numbers for reference? Yes. Our "QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK" is becoming not so quick reference anymore.
This whole thing is FUBAR. If I have plenty of time to calculate pressure altitude, runway slope, runway contamination, wind component, inop equipment penalties, and icing penalties for landing, I probably have time to land at a quite suitable airport that has a long runway. If I am under such time constraints that I may have to land at a less suitable short runway, I most likely will only have time to consult a published number, or maybe I won't have time at all. Bottom line, if this is how its going to be, dispatch should be studying the FIL, because this should be their job using a computer, while we are busy dealing with the emergency. Our capabilities in the cockpit, when the sh*$ hits the fan is finite. We do not have the automation nor the support from dispatch that other airlines have.