Fact or satirical fiction?

The British can screw up the language worse than basketball
player from the hood.



"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
. ..
|I guess it's time to repost this:
|
| (A recent update to the British Airways Flight Operations
Manual)
| Flight Operations Department Notice, Operational
| Origin: Operational Standards Group to: All fleets - long
and short haul.
| Eff. Date: 01-05-95.
| Subject: Pilot Role Reversal During PICUS.
|
| There appears to be some confusion over the new pilot role
titles. This
| notice hopefully will clear up any misunderstandings.
|
| The titles P1, P2 and copilot will now cease to have any
meaning within the
| BA operations manuals. They are to be replaced by Handling
Pilot,
| Non-Handling Pilot, Handling Landing Pilot, Non-Handling
Landing Pilot,
| Handling Non-Landing Pilot and Non-Handling Non-Landing
Pilot.
|
| The Landing Pilot is initially the Handling Pilot and will
handle the
| takeoff and landing, except in role reversal when he is
the Non-Handling
| Pilot for taxi until the Handling Non-Landing Pilot hands
the handling to
| the Landing Pilot at 80 knots.
|
| The Non-Landing (Non-Handling, since the Landing Pilot is
handling) pilot
| reads the checklists to the Handling Landing Pilot until
after the Before
| Descent Checklist completion, when the Handling Landing
Pilot hands the
| handling to the Non-Handling Non-Landing Pilot who then
becomes the Handling
| Non-Landing Pilot.
|
| The Landing Pilot is the Non-Handling Pilot until the
"Decision Altitude"
| call, when the Handling Non-Landing Pilot hands the
handling to the
| Non-Handling Landing Pilot, unless the latter calls "Go
Around," in which
| case the Handling Non-Landing Pilot continues handling and
the Non-Handling
| Landing Pilot continues non-handling until the next call
of "Land" or "Go
| Around," as appropriate.
|
| In view of recent confusion over these roles, it was
deemed necessary to
| restate them clearly.
|
| Authority: Operational Standards Group S 4220 H3
TBA,OPS12/A34/0595
|
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