On 1/28/04 4:54 PM, in article
, "Robert Moore"
wrote:

"Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal" wrote

It used to be standard procedure at a major U.S. Airline which shall go
un-named (AA) to do just that on every approach. Pilots scoffed at it
at first, and then swore by it after they'd done it a few times. QFE
vs. QNH. That airline doesn¹t do it any more.

As I recall, the pilot flying had QNH and the pilot not flying set
QFE. If it wasn't AA, then it was another one of the majors. I did
some training of a supplemental aircarrier's flightcrews at the AA
training center at DFW and seem to remember it that way.

Bob Moore
PanAm (retired)

Thanks for the details, Bob. A lot of the left-seaters I fly with talk
about how great the procedure was, but I've never bothered to press for
additional info.

--Woody