Following a B757 EICAS 'le asymmetry' alert; the captain became confused by the new QRH checklist fo...

Narrative:

We had a great flight today except the last 3;000 ft. The first officer was the pilot flying and called for flaps 1. Then we received a master caution 'le asymmetry' EICAS. I started the 'QRH;' it took a little time to find the procedure. The procedure at about step 3 or so; said 'land with flaps 20;' at this point we told ATC we needed to divert to a larger nearby airport. While en route; I continued with the 'QRH' which has multiple scenarios. During this process I ended up confused and ended up screwing up the procedure. We landed in our filed airport with flaps and slats in the alternate mode; 'flaps 30' not what the procedure called for. I did not realize this until we were at the gate and had time to review. I attribute this mistake do to the lack of training on the new procedures and format of the 'QRH.' I have had this scenario with our pre-merger airline and the old checklist many times before and did not have a problem. The new format threw me off; because of the lack of quality training. The end result was that we landed without incident. However; I feel most pilots are still uncomfortable with all the changes because there is no training; only some computer packet and this training did not prepare me for today's problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Following a B757 EICAS 'LE ASYMMETRY' alert; the Captain became confused by the new QRH Checklist format and the lack of training on it. He declared an emergency then landed with flaps 30 instead of flaps 20.

Narrative: We had a great flight today except the last 3;000 FT. The First Officer was the pilot flying and called for flaps 1. Then we received a Master Caution 'LE Asymmetry' EICAS. I Started the 'QRH;' it took a little time to find the procedure. The procedure at about step 3 or so; said 'Land with flaps 20;' at this point we told ATC we needed to divert to a larger nearby airport. While en route; I continued with the 'QRH' which has multiple scenarios. During this process I ended up confused and ended up screwing up the procedure. We landed in our filed airport with flaps and slats in the alternate mode; 'Flaps 30' not what the procedure called for. I did not realize this until we were at the gate and had time to review. I attribute this mistake do to the lack of training on the new procedures and format of the 'QRH.' I have had this scenario with our pre-merger airline and the old checklist many times before and did not have a problem. The new format threw me off; because of the lack of quality training. The end result was that we landed without incident. However; I feel most pilots are still uncomfortable with all the changes because there is no training; only some computer packet and this training did not prepare me for today's problem.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1017920
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Leading Edge Slat
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 24000 Flight Crew Type 9000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Following a B757 EICAS 'le asymmetry' alert; the captain became confused by the new QRH checklist format and the lack of training on it. He declared an emergency then landed with flaps 30 instead of flaps 20.