A fair question, well asked, and well answered by dublinpilot in particular.
It irritates me how few pilots, PPLs particularly don't do a decent brief, which is after-all an ANO requirement - I'm glad some people take it seriously.
Mine is a little different to dublinpilots, and it might be useful to you to see a different version in determining what approach works for you (I don't include seat adjustment, etc. since I'd normally do that less formally beforehand).
- This is the pre take-off briefing
- This will be my take-off, on rwy XXX, the wind is about YYY headwind, and ZZZ crosswind from the L/R. That means I'll be using slight L/R stick to counteract it. We should be airborne by about___, if we're not airborne by about ___, I'll retard the throttle and stop on the runway.
- I'll be taking off with __ flaps, starting my retraction at___. We will then (turn onto heading / enter a * hand circuit / climb straight out / etc.)
- In the event of an engine failure after take-off, up to 500ft I'll pick a field, turning no more than 30°, and land ahead. Above 500ft I'll execute a tight glide circuit to the *** and land back-on.
- Subsequently, the main emergencies that we might meet are ????, and the actions I'll take if that occurs will be.
- If we do have to force land, we should exit the aircraft as soon as possible after the engine and aircraft have both stopped, as follows....
- If at any point in the flight you see anything that worries you, please tell me. However, I'd appreciate it if you'd avoid chatting when we're departing or arriving the airfield, and also if you hear me say "transmitting", I'd appreciate it if you'd belt up for a moment whilst I make a radio transmission.
- Did you get all that okay, and do you have any questions before I proceed?
I should say that personally most of my "pax" are either people who know me well, or pilots / aviation professionals of some description, and hence my brief is punchy and formal. If, say, I'm flying with a child (or my mother), the brief contains the same basic information, but probably takes 3 times along and is presented as a chat before take-off.
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Last edited by Genghis the Engineer; 13th August 2002 at 20:58.