Pasco's SOP policy

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From Pasco's operations duty manager ad:

Adhere to and promote the Company's safety initiatives, particularly during periods of IROPs when SOPs are less likely to be followed

Including the fact that SOPs aren't going to be followed during IROPs in the job ad creates the expectation that it's normal, rather than striving to achieve compliance even in difficult situations, and it implies to whoever takes the job that non-compliance can be tolerated for the sake of resolving the situation. Just having that sentence in the ad tells the person that it's nice to follow the SOPs, but it's not always possible, so just get the job done. The manager establishes the precedent and the expectations for their subordinates, so someone approaching the job with an attitude of flexibility regarding the rules creates an unsafe culture that permeates the whole department. There's also an implication that because SOPs are "less likely" to be followed during IROPs, that they also aren't always followed during normal operations; certainly, there's never 100% compliance with SOPs from crews, but there's a huge difference between a pilot breaking the sterile cockpit rule, and an institutional philosophy at the company level that SOP adherence just makes things too complicated.

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From Pasco's operations duty manager ad:

Adhere to and promote the Company's safety initiatives, particularly during periods of IROPs when SOPs are less likely to be followed

Including the fact that SOPs aren't going to be followed during IROPs in the job ad creates the expectation that it's normal, rather than striving to achieve compliance even in difficult situations, and it implies to whoever takes the job that non-compliance can be tolerated for the sake of resolving the situation. Just having that sentence in the ad tells the person that it's nice to follow the SOPs, but it's not always possible, so just get the job done. The manager establishes the precedent and the expectations for their subordinates, so someone approaching the job with an attitude of flexibility regarding the rules creates an unsafe culture that permeates the whole department. There's also an implication that because SOPs are "less likely" to be followed during IROPs, that they also aren't always followed during normal operations; certainly, there's never 100% compliance with SOPs from crews, but there's a huge difference between a pilot breaking the sterile cockpit rule, and an institutional philosophy at the company level that SOP adherence just makes things too complicated.

Unless you have more information, it could just as easily be interpreted as 'IROPS are a stressful time so make sure your crews keep following their SOPs even in those stressful times!'.

[co-joe]

IROPS are when you need to follow SOPs even more closely, you already have external factors putting holes in the cheese, no sense adding a few of your own...