B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Company Policy; Human Factors
Many of the new FOs I fly with are under the mistaken impression that they must brief the engine inoperative go-around procedure on every leg where there is an engine failure on takeoff procedure (T-procedure). They tell me they were taught this in 737 school at the training center.This is incorrect. The Flight Operations Manual (FOM) is very clear; 'Prior to an actual engine inoperative approach or when required by 10-7 page instructions; review obstacles and terrain in the missed approach path and brief the appropriate go-around procedure'; In other words; unless you are doing an actual engine inoperative approach; there is no need to brief the engine inoperative go-around.In fact; one could argue that it's not even safe to do so. The FOM is very clear that we are only allowed to brief one approach at a time. Similarly; we should only be briefing one go-around at a time. Briefing two different go-around procedures for one approach will likely result in neither one of them being done correctly.I'm told that it used to be a [merger partner] requirement to brief the engine inoperative go-around procedure even when flying an all-engine approach. I don't know if this is true; but maybe it explains why the 737 instructors are still teaching this incorrectly. Regardless of the reason; they need to stop. We do not brief the engine inoperative go-around unless we're flying an actual engine inoperative approach.If this used to be a [merger partner] requirement; there are probably a lot of other pilots doing this incorrectly as well; which could be confusing to new FOs. Perhaps a pilot bulletin highlighting the FOM language and correct procedure is in order.
B737 Captain reported that new First Officers the he flies with are under the mistaken impression that they must brief the engine inoperative go-around procedure for every approach to an airport with a special engine out missed approach procedure.