The task of cataloging all of the urban legends, Old Wives' Tales and good old BS is too tall for posting on the forum.
We could begin by saying that pilots flying the line lack the requisite tools, terrain/obstacle surveys and data to be rolling their own runway analyses per AC 120-91 and 14 CFR 135.379/121.189. Pilots should
understand how the AFM data is used by outfits like Jeppesen OpsData, APG and the rest, but it's completely unrealistic to expect a pilot to
perform the calculations her/himself consistently without error.
The problem is that (primarily due to absence of specific FAA guidance for operators flying jets under Part 91) over the past several decades, generation after generation of CFI's, CFII's, Check Airmen, DPE's and FAA ASI's have been inculcated with the same misconceptions when it came to explaining how the
Certification Rules of 14 CFR Part 25 are applied to various
Operating rules -- i.e., Parts 121, 135, 91, etc. And because generations of pilots were left to "wing it", we are now stuck with an impossible mess that probably will take another decade or so to sort out.
But the first thing that CAE/FSI/SimComn could do is remember the rule of holes -- STOP DIGGING! Stop teaching urban legends.
It doesn't matter if the misconceptions came from Cessna, Dassault or some Air Force Colonel -- "someone" has to grab this issue and
bulldog it all the way to the top of the food chain at the Part 142 training centers. Get senior management to recognize the issues and then to commit to correcting them.
And then the leadership of those schoolhouses has to turn around all of those battleships...
It won't be easy.
A few of the sins and urban legends -- (each of them FALSE):
- You can't accept a SID unless you can fly it after losing an engine.
- FAA will bring 91.13 down on your head if you takeoff from KASE without being able to fly the SARDD with OEI.
- FAA has violated crews for doing so at ASE -- "I know a guy who has a friend... whose brother in law's cousin... got violated... it wasn't last winter, but not too long ago... I'm pretty sure..."
- You must be able to fly an ODP with OEI.
- If you can't fly the SID with OEI, it's legal to do so as long as you are in VMC.
So don't feel like the Lone Ranger if the subjects have been taught to you partly-wrong or entirely-wrong.
Fortunately, the AC and the AIM advice are finally there for anyone who choses to read them.
APG has plenty of training available on the subject; a number of PPW members may have seen APG's presentations at the Bombardier Safety stand downs and/or NBAA functions.