MULTI ENGINE PISTON DEPARTURE BRIEFING:
Departure runway?
Aircraft vital speeds VMCA kts, Vr kts and Vyse kts
Any failure or malfunction below kts I shall abort
Any failure or malfunction after kts, with insufficient runway I shall abort and land ahead
Any failure or malfunction after kts, with insufficient runway, continue the take off and carry out drills and asses performance if not climbing pick a field ahead:
Mixture up, pitch up, power up, gear up, flap up.
IDENTIFY DEAD LEG DEAD ENGINE, slowly close throttle to confirm the effected engine, feather engine, mixture cutoff and cowl flap affected engine close.
Actions in VMC, attained blue line (VYSE)?
Actions in IMC, attained blue line (VYSE)?
Where will we go if we lose an engine in IMC (Consider WAC, VTC, topographical charts, missed approach tracks from instrument approach charts, aerials, towers, terrain and buildings in the area)?
Consider the track miles we will consume when we are in a engine out configuration?
What we will say to ATS when we first contact them in the MAYDAY call ie… request radar vectors?
LSALT for 1st leg of the route?
Cleared level to fly initially?
MSA?
GRID MORA (outside 25 nm’s MSA) know what is out there?
Navaids set up: NDB, VOR and GPS?
MULTI ENGINE PISTON ARRIVAL BRIEFING:
Descent point for airport?
Terrain in the airport area?
GRID MORA (outside 25 nm’s MSA) know what is out there?
MSA?
LSALT for leg of the route?
Plate briefing:
1. Chart name?
2. Chart number and date?
3. MSA?
4. Holding pattern/sector entry? Always brief it you never know when you'll get a last minute hold instruction (limiting holding speeds).
5. Lead bearing? (if app) and (outbound) final inbound track and aircraft speed category ie… cat A or B speeds?
6. Frequency of navaid/s?
7. Glideslope check heights or FAF and marker beacons set?
8. Minima? MDA /DA, threshold elevation, visibility required
Brief the localiser only minima for an ILS in case the G/S fails
Runway position for a non precision approach, consider circling approach options and obstructions in the circling area
What sort of lights you might encounter when you break visual, plus T-VASI, PAPI or whatever else you might rely on for slope guidance below the MDA
Remember to add whatever corrections are appropriate for the approach ie… PEC, forecast QNH, AWIB…
9. Missed approach? Including expected sector entry if tracking back to the hold for a second go
10. Notes? (poor navaids, fluctuations, course reversal etc…)
Weather for arrival (ATIS, AWIB, ARFOR, TAF, TTF etc…)?
Notams for arrival?
Navaids set up: NDB, VOR and GPS, when will we monitor the navaid for the approach?
Fuel quantity for hold or divert in litres, then minutes?