Great to hear the progress made by all. Looks like things are coming together nicely.
Earlier, Lister stated:
Talking to a pal who is an airline pilot,he told me they always use checklists because it's very easy to miss someting really imporatant.
I recall in the pre-9/11 days when, if you asked nicely, you could sit in the jump seat on scheduled flights. I've been fortunate to sit up front for a couple of trips from Leeds to Heathrow with BMI. The approach to LHR was awesome. Anyway, the point here is that I was very surprised at how much checklists are used in the cabin. Of course, here on PPRuNe those that fly professionally will think nothing of this, but at the time it was interesting to see just how regimented the activities at all stages of the flight were.
Checklists are vital. I've even made notes on mine to add to the standard ones (e.g. HAND ON THROTTLE before ignition). I've also made my own A5 kneeboard pad in Word with the various critical acronyms expanded out for those airbourne checks.
Mazzy - a weekday would be doable for me, just need as much notice as possible so I can book a day off work. It would be interesting to fly mid week, I've heard it gets busy and those RAF chaps are also to be seen buzzing around...