Division of duties on an airliner

What you're looking for is called Multi-Crew Co-Operation, MCC in short.
This goes for everyone else who has so far responded in this thread. MCC and
CRM are not the same.

There are books on MCC and I won't write a new one here. You might want to
start your own research he

http://www.massey.ac.nz/~bffrey/1903...perations).pdf

BTW, CRM is not an American nor a Western phenomenon. It is a phenomenon
common to all half-decent airlines with a half-decent training department.

HTH

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Michael Nouak
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On large commercial airliners with required two-person crews, how are
duties usually divided between the captain and the first officer? Are
there specific rules, or are there simply standard conventions, or
does it vary by airline/pilot, or what? Who flies the airplane at
which time, and what does the non-flying pilot do during those times?

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Mxsmanic wrote:
On large commercial airliners with required two-person crews, how are
duties usually divided between the captain and the first officer? Are
there specific rules, or are there simply standard conventions, or
does it vary by airline/pilot, or what? Who flies the airplane at
which time,

As directed by the Captain. "Typically" one flies the plane and works
the throttle, the other watches the instruments and calls out the V
speeds for rotate, gear, flaps, etc. and clears the operation of same
with the Captain, if they are not the Captain. The Captain may allow
the FO to act as PIC, but is ultimately responsible for all aspects of
operation.

Part of the job of being a Captain is to groom FOs for Captain, so
there is no "standard" by which all airlines or crews operate, except
according to the manufacturer's POH.

and what does the non-flying pilot do during those times?

Makes airplane noises.
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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On large commercial airliners with required two-person crews, how are
duties usually divided between the captain and the first officer? Are
there specific rules, or are there simply standard conventions, or
does it vary by airline/pilot, or what? Who flies the airplane at
which time, and what does the non-flying pilot do during those times?

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Here is a good video on crew duties in a three man cockpit.

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...hTheMighty.wmv

Danny Deger

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"Danny Deger" wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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On large commercial airliners with required two-person crews, how are
duties usually divided between the captain and the first officer?
Are there specific rules, or are there simply standard conventions,
or does it vary by airline/pilot, or what? Who flies the airplane at
which time, and what does the non-flying pilot do during those times?

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Here is a good video on crew duties in a three man cockpit.

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...hTheMighty.wmv

*Slap* Get a hold of yourself! Learn some real cockpit management from
these two crews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ienyuFvIrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh_shsRfXqk

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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Here is a good video on crew duties in a three man cockpit.

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...hTheMighty.wmv

*Slap* Get a hold of yourself! Learn some real cockpit management from
these two crews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ienyuFvIrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh_shsRfXqk

Roger, Roger :-)

Danny Deger

Generally speaking, the term is "I'll fly - you fix" (or you fly -
I'll fix). The Captain and First Officer generally alternate flying
duties on each leg of the flight. One flys the airplane the other
handles communications, gear, flaps, reads checklists, investigates
burned out bulbs, etc. The key to CRM (Cocpit Resource Management) is
that someone is always paying attention to flying the airplane and not
distracted by fire lights, terrorists, etc.
Steve



On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:37:29 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

On large commercial airliners with required two-person crews, how are
duties usually divided between the captain and the first officer? Are
there specific rules, or are there simply standard conventions, or
does it vary by airline/pilot, or what? Who flies the airplane at
which time, and what does the non-flying pilot do during those times?