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Yes but playing devil's advocate by the same definition why would you ever do a HASELL check.
Say you were doing a couple of aeros
- if you are competent there is no possibility of stalling or spinning
- you have of course been monitoring the engine properly anyway, and its injected so no worries there
- lookout and location - as you say you are doing that all the time anyway
- location - well you alternate where and when you go so we can ignore that one as well
In short just forget about HASELL checks all together.
No - surely any checklist is to ensure you have covered the essentials just because there has been plenty of cases of missing the blindingly obvious. Moreover it is very easy to judge the situation from your own pint of view - very current, flying regularly. What about the point of view of the PPL who is a bit rusty, thinks he will do a bit of aerial work before his GFT, hasnt done any steep turns or slow flight for well .. .. .. Ideal - probably not, does it happen - yes. A quick HASELL which he will remember from his training will cover the basics, re-ensure he is aware of some of the issues he should be thinking about and generally not do anyone any harm.
OK - I am biased. I had a couple of brilliant aero instructors - one a display pilot the other an RAF aero instructor. The very first lesson was tight turns, OK really tight turns, and we did a HASELL check before. We did a HASELL check after that before every session unitl it just became automatic. It takes less than 30 seconds I have timed it. I still find it just sets up the correct mind set before doing any excercises.
As you correctly say it is up to the individual. I respect your point of view but I hope I have set out clearly mine.