Oh and Gen Ties dont forget to align the IRS, start the APU,
test the TCAS etc etc etc,it just goes on and on.
Why teach fictious drills to components that dont even exist on the aircraft eg retractable undercarriage.If your lodgic is that bloggs may fly an aircraft equipped with all of these items one day then why not be consistent and include everything that is pertinent to the safe operation of these aircraft.
Your lodgic is flawed.
As Centaurus so rightly points out i bet you dont get the student to call that the undercarriage is up and locked after takeoff on your fixed undercarriage generic wonderjet, yet you call for the imaginary gear to be down and locked on your spaceshuttle downwind drill(i bet the checklist is far simpler on the space shuttle than your local Flying Schools C152)
Again dont be like all of the other mushrooms in flying and blurt out these poetic drills that have no relevance at all to the aircraft you are operating.
Stick to the POH and you cannot go wrong