Show me where I told anyone not to reapply. I'll wait. (Hint: what I did say was that I have talked to people who only applied once and got hired after open windows had come and gone. My advice, in fact, was to apply every open window, just as I tell my friends. I would never steer anyone away from JB... we have enough idiots here who do that on purpose.

It IS a limitation, whether or not you choose to treat it as one, even though it's not listed in chapter two. I quoted the FCOM, it's very clear. Don't call it a limitation if you prefer, but you are supposed to comply with the book, and the books says to ENSURE you have either 2 or 5 minutes of warmup.

Perhaps you should actually read it to refresh your memory. You're correct, it's not at ALL vague.

"Operate engine at or near idle for 2 minutes prior to takeoff (5 minutes if the engine has been shut down for 2 hours or more)." [ 3.15.2 & 3.16.4 ]

What part of that do you interpret as an opinion? Seems pretty cut-and-dried SOP to me. You do whatever you choose though, you don't have to answer to me.

Not sure what you mean about OET and 3 minutes? 3.30.4 says "Operate the engine at or near idle thrust for 3 minutes prior to shutdown." Didn't see a 'should', 'might', 'may', or 'maybe' in there. Throw a 'will' in front of operate, and it reads the same.

I have yet to see a single captain here land at the islands, taxi in and keep the engines running for the 3 minutes. Weirdest training lapse ever.

Airbus doesn’t have the cool down. The neos will.

This is amazing. Are you serious? That’s not what I learned in training, nor is it consistent with the FCOM. You have read the links here, right?

I have seen it, several times. The brake one can be blown off. But the engine one? I would not want to be the CA sitting across from a panel trying to explain why I violated SOP and cracked a sold section or otherwise ruined an engine. Far cheaper to relieve a pilot than to replace an engine.

What the checkairmen told me last week. Had to stop a few airbus transition guys when I was a 190 FO.

Good on you. It’s not often I have to mention the cool down period, but when I do, most CAs are willing to respect it.

And the 2/5 minute thing is why I don’t personally put much stock in OET, unless it will be a KNOWN long time (JFK, LGA, etc.). I cannot recall a time I have ever taken off and violated the 2/5 minute warm-up time. Probably a rare occurrence.

Just like many CAs won’t reset the brakes at the gate for a few extra minutes of block time, because it is against the SOP.

I suggest you re-read your FCOM Vol. 1 Normal Procedures and the various caveats for engine shut down/cool down time etc.(pertaining to the Airbus). There's a reason that the NEO's 3 minute cool down time is now stressed as an absolute relative to the classic engine/IAE V2500.

THe FCOM is my bible, I suggest you make it yours. Just because the NEO has a bowing issue that requires the cooldown does not negate the fact that engine cooling procedures have existed for just about every modern engine today. Including the CEOs. I will always strive to cool down for 3 minutes as Airbus has stated. You don’t have to.