Originally Posted by
Aussie Bob
If an up and coming private pilot can’t complete their checks without a checklist I am inclined not to pass them. What I say is this, the last pilot to fly this aircraft went home with the checklist. Are you going to embarrass yourself and grab the book of instructions and thumb through it, or are you going to have a go without it? Or are you going to abandon the flight?
Surely there can't be anything wrong with having your
own checklist on your kneeboard? Just to double check that you didn't skip an important item. I don't mean in the air but on the ground.