Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Manuals
Aircraft was in level flight at 33;000 feet when the captain's side windshield shattered. Followed Emergency/Non-Normal Checklist and descended down to 25;000 feet and adjusted cabin pressure to 6.2 ^p. Monitored situation and continued on to planned destination. No further incident or action.My only concern was the structure of the checklist. The sixth item on the checklist states:DESCENT..............Initiate if required.There is no guidance in the checklist advising you why you would initiate a descent. The only guidance is in a memo dated back [a few months back]. It was my quick-thinking first officer who had this memo stored on his iPad that remembered it. I remembered the memo but did not remember the specific guideance for making a command decision. It would have been very valuable to have the information about getting the cabin pressure to a ^p of 6.2 written in the checklist itself.
Upon completion of QRH procedure for a cracked windshield; crew of CRJ-900 remembered a company memo with clarifying info.