Heavy Transport
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 133.8; Flight Crew Total 7619.1; Flight Crew Type 62.9
Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors
I'm a newly trained pilot. On this flight and all previous flights in this aircraft type I have operated since being checked out recently; all captains use the cockpit speaker all of the time; including ground ops. This is a violation of the company operations manual. I find this practice unsafe and distracting.
First Officer comments that on his new fleet all Captains use the overhead speaker for all ATC communications.