B767 first officer reported a new company policy causes flight crew to ignore altitude alert warning...

Attributes
ACN	1542292
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Type 2141
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

Upon arrival at ewr; we were assigned the ILS rny 22L. Approach control assigned 3;000 ft MSL and 180 knots to buzzd (the final approach fix); cleared for the approach. Upon glide slope intercept; SOP is to set missed approach altitude. The MCP altitude was left at 3000 ft MSL as that was the missed approach altitude. As we intercepted the glide slope; the aircraft began its descent whereupon reaching 300 ft below the set MCP altitude we received an altitude alert warning. We ignored the warning and continued on the approach. This new change in SOP is causing aircrew to receive altitude alerts which are being ignored to comply with new procedure. This intentional act of not responding to an altitude alert is conditioning aircrew to not respond to potential crisis.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 First Officer reported a new company policy causes flight crew to ignore altitude alert warnings on approach; with potential negative effects.

Narrative: Upon arrival at EWR; we were assigned the ILS RNY 22L. Approach control assigned 3;000 ft MSL and 180 knots to BUZZD (the final approach fix); cleared for the approach. Upon glide slope intercept; SOP is to set missed approach altitude. The MCP altitude was left at 3000 ft MSL as that was the missed approach altitude. As we intercepted the glide slope; the aircraft began its descent whereupon reaching 300 ft below the set MCP altitude we received an altitude alert warning. We ignored the warning and continued on the approach. This new change in SOP is causing aircrew to receive altitude alerts which are being ignored to comply with new procedure. This intentional act of not responding to an ALT ALERT is conditioning aircrew to not respond to potential crisis.

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B767 first officer reported a new company policy causes flight crew to ignore altitude alert warnings on approach; with potential negative effects.