I too think we are talking about the PNF's duties. Fuel checks - yes, I do them all the time - roughly, in my head. I do the official one just after start, on the ramp (or at the Hold). And that will do me for the next 30 minutes or so. In flight I'll only get destination ATIS and maybe speak to handling. The rest of my time is monitoring the other guy. And when matey boy (or girl) is flying, they do the opposite. It takes two to operate a public transport aircraft for good reasons - there are far too many smoking holes in the ground where only one person was flying. And don't try and sell me the WX bunkum. When operating short sectors it is generally unchanged from when you got the briefing pack in the first place. And I also know how long I can hold for BEFORE I depart in crappy weather.
I'll say again - pointless paperwork has no place in aviation. And finally, IMHO, Operations Manuals should have written in them (in big letters) that no paperwork should be performed below FL100 or Sector Safe plus 5,000', whichever is the higher.
Last edited by Piltdown Man; 13th May 2005 at 17:46.