Funny things mnemonics. I asked a lady student to carry out the Before take Off checks. She looked puzzled and said that her previous instructor had never taught her those.
Aghast - I thought surely she must be jesting - so I re-worded my request and said could she go ahead with the pre-take off vital actions. She fluttered her eyelashes at me in a quizzical fashion (Yes - some women can actually do that) and said sorry - don't know what you are on about! She's giving me a wind up, I thought.
Now with the VDO ticking over at $3 a minute, (her money - not mine) I explained that with 10 hours dual under her belt, surely by now she must have carried out certain drills before take off- known in my day as Before Take Off Vital Actions.
"Ah so" - she said (she was Chinese) - you mean the TEMPFISCH checks? Shattered beyond redemption I muttered sulkily that I had never bloody heard of TEMPFISCH checks. "I'll teach you" she said and said "Trim set for take off - Throttle friction Nut adjusted - Engine temps and Pressures OK. etc etc.
Shows my age, doesn't it?