Only 12 hours..I’m not surprised! Had he/she flown any other type? When I had 12 hours total tome I had only started the aircraft myself 2 or 3 times! Prior to that my instructor was doing the starts..I didn’t even taxi until we were clear of the flight line for the first 5 hours
If that is the case
mattyj it's a sad indictment on the school, in that they were screwing you and your wallet. In my time the average student was solo after eight hours. I do read on these pages of students who have done twenty five hours and still not soloed - something's wrong with the industry.
To top it all off many flying schools now require their students to even conduct the walk-around inspection using a checklist.
Checklists and their content has always been a bone of contention. It might be offered that had the Essendon pilot conscientiously used one during his walk round he would have noticed the trim tab position. Item five on the aircrafts cockpit preflight checklist is set trims to "0", then later calls for a check of the tab during the walk round. Two missed occasions before he has cranked, once strapped in a check of the trim is called for in the prestart, runup and pretake off, making a total of five missed opportunities.
The accident report mentions a checklist paper that I have often referenced, and given the link to here on Pprune. It's the first in the following list, the other links may be of interest, particularly the second in which human performance issues are addressed. The mere fact that you use a checklist may be no saviour, it's how you use it that counts. Failure to use them properly has lead to any number of fatals, DC-9 no flap take off that didn't make it, Helios 737 that failed to pressurise and crashed with the loss of all. Fly safe.
https://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/f...010-216396.pdf
https://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/f...people/kd.html
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/c...9910017830.pdf
https://ti.arc.nasa.gov/m/profile/ad...Checklists.pdf
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/c...0170005594.pdf