Finally I was so bold as to suggest on the instructor forum that I thought it ws a good idea to review the EFATO (Engine Failure After Take-Off) drills before every takeoff as part of the
pretakeoff check. I was thoughly beaten up by a few posters for this suggestion but I still think it is a good thing to do. I suggest readers review the "what happened to the EFATO (Engine Failure After Take-Off) thread" on the instructor forums and make up their own mind.
When I was a young and impressionable flight test engineer at Boscombe Down, the RAF Test Pilots virtually always did this before every take-off.
The habit stuck, and I have done so in my own flying ever since.
Apart from the fact that it seems to get me in the right mental frame for a safe take-off, can anybody suggest a more able pilot model than an RAF Test Pilot, if looking for one to emulate in matters flight safety?
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