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Old 9th Sep 2008, 04:33
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philipat
 
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Trims.Flaps.Spoillers

Our company...as the very last item on the before takeoff checklist.

Configuration check.
Flaps/slats
Stab trim
Speedbrake lever
Compasses compared and agree with the runway heading.
This seems to make total sense to me. I had suggested in an earlier post that this final check be formalised because, for reasons of good airmanship, many if not all experienced pilots do this final check of potential killers one last time for the wife and kids anyway.
PJ2, for whom I have great respect, argued convincingly, however, that the existing SOP's were already adequate. But it does still seem illogical to me that this check of potential killers is not the final pre-TO check, especially since the intuitive behaviour of experienced pilots (aka "airmanship") suggests it should be. Or, as another post has put it, why are the most important checks performed during taxi and not immediately before TO?

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