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standards for the proper and safe way to conduct flights.
Instructors observing deviations from SOPs or checklists
would define this as an error, and so does LOSA. If a crew
member does not know how to execute a procedure properly
or cannot control the aircraft in the expected manner, an
instructor would also consider this an error, and so does
LOSA. Deviations from expectations of ATC are also
classified as crew errors; these would, for example, include
altitude deviations or significant deviations around thunderstorms
without ATC notification. There are rules in SOPs
and/or operator manuals that, for example, specify how
much deviation crews may make around thunderstorms
before notifying ATC, and observers must be familiar with
and apply these company rules when conducting observations.
Operators also have policies that are less |