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PhilosopherPilot said:
That'll get you a debrief on a check ride around here. The call out is "Flight Level Change, 210" at acceleration altitude. Not "Filch, 210"

We only get like 3 a year who say Filch, and we beat it out of them pretty quickly. :)
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It's been my general experience flying with people who get bothered by this that, at some point, there is a "um, yea, the dissertation on FILCH is great and all, but you might want to consider answering ATC/start your descent as our TOD is 10 miles behind us/turn on the engine anti-ice/waiting for a crossing clearance/insert loss of the big picture item here".

But whatevs....

Richman
 
Richman said:
It's been my general experience flying with people who get bothered by this that, at some point, there is a "um, yea, the dissertation on FILCH is great and all, but you might want to consider answering ATC/start your descent as our TOD is 10 miles behind us/turn on the engine anti-ice/waiting for a crossing clearance/insert loss of the big picture item here".

But whatevs....

Richman
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It seems to me that about 95% of all the stupid gotchas and verbage issues originate in departments that are full of people that never actually fly the line and as such all those above "real world" issues never happen to them so of course they have time to worry about pronunciation and phrasing.
 
BobDDuck said:
It seems to me that about 95% of all the stupid gotchas and verbage issues originate in departments that are full of people that never actually fly the line and as such all those above "real world" issues never happen to them so of course they have time to worry about pronunciation and phrasing.
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Meh, standardization is important. And this one matters more than most, I would say. Since 99.9% of our pilots don't say "Filch," it would be/could be confusing for someone to say that at our shop. I know the first time I heard it I said, "Huh?" Things that make you say, "Huh?" close to the ground are bad.

We are just about to complete our 3rd LOSA, and there's going to be a big focus on compliance next year.
 
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PhilosopherPilot said:
Meh, standardization is important. And this one matters more than most, I would say. Since 99.9% of our pilots don't say "Filch," it would be/could be confusing for someone to say that at our shop. I know the first time I heard it I said, "Huh?" Things that make you say, "Huh?" close to the ground are bad.

We are just about to complete our 3rd LOSA, and there's going to be a big focus on compliance next year.
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If you are "FILCHING", Level changing, flight level changing or similar close to the ground, you have more serious SA problems than such the prenunskiation...

Richman
 
BobDDuck said:
It seems to me that about 95% of all the stupid gotchas and verbage issues originate in departments that are full of people that never actually fly the line and as such all those above "real world" issues never happen to them so of course they have time to worry about pronunciation and phrasing.
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Generally when we have a procedural change, the first question is "What line check airman screwed up?" :)
 
Richman said:
If you are "FILCHING", Level changing, flight level changing or similar close to the ground, you have more serious SA problems than such the prenunskiation...

Richman
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Our standard callout is "Flight level change, 210" at 1,000 AGL (or acceleration altitude). Granted, that's on climbout, but it is still close to the ground in a critical phase of flight. Not a good time for confusion.
 
My only issue is the meaning of "Felch." Really don't care one way or another if "filch" or flight level change" is used. Just when I hear "filch" the 8 year old snickers and usually has some comment ala @Derg.
 
Cptnchia said:
My only issue is the meaning of "Felch." Really don't care one way or another if "filch" or flight level change" is used. Just when I hear "filch" the 8 year old snickers and usually has some comment ala @Derg.
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I don't care either way. Just pick one and go with it. I say we pick the dirtiest option possible.
 
PhilosopherPilot said:
Our standard callout is "Flight level change, 210" at 1,000 AGL (or acceleration altitude). Granted, that's on climbout, but it is still close to the ground in a critical phase of flight. Not a good time for confusion.
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Hell we do it at 400 feet on a normal TO
 
I guess I'm the only one that sees FLCH and thinks of Chevy Chase.

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