I like the way you put it, splendid.
Moreover, if you think training yourself the C/L is better avoided (in a niche situation) is bad in the long run, just wait to see what a cognitively challenged copycat can grow out of that arrangement pronto.
Pilots will do crazy things, you remeber Air Arabia opposite RWY take-off. One pattern you will see everywhere is fellow aviators avoiding the drill of full chores when coming back to base. Then for 50% of the flights the drill is not practiced but replaced with something fuzzy. How strong is the drill when a bad day arrives becomes a question.
Blame the reactive-SMS boxtickers for building the drill too heavy? I wish, but sadly nobody in the office has the incentive to simplify anything and there is much more gravity to this sentece that meets the eye.
Stay safe and enjoy.the job!
Last words: If having a decision-making process wheter or not to read a C/L, or shaping the workflow so that it can be avoided,
takes longer then actually performing it - the aviators' choice is a singular one. Even the longest ones take less than 20 seconds.
Last edited by FlightDetent; 22nd Nov 2022 at 18:10.