Originally Posted by
tmmorris
Pace,
Interesting you should say that. I was picked up by PPRuNer A and C on a dual flight once for exactly that - he pointed out I was using the checklist as a 'do list' not as a check that I hadn't forgotten anything. He was right, too. I'm trying to wean myself off it - easier in a familiar type (e.g. today I was flying a DR400 for the first time in a while and I was a bit behind the checklist at times...)
Tim
It's an approach I suppose, but very often it's not just what you've done that matters, but the order in which it was done. Often a great deal of thought has gone into the order of actions - and if a checklist is used in this manner, rather than and order of execution, things can get damaged by doing things in the right order.
For a simplistic example, failing to check that the gear lever is down BEFORE turning the battery master switch is on.
G