Obvious perhaps, but as a rusty PPL it's helpful to me. SNS3's 'list' looks something like:
Situational awareness during any stage of a flight may be summarised as:
1. Knowing
· Where you are
· What you are doing
· Where you are going to be (always think ahead of the aircraft)
· What you can do
· Where others are and what they are likely to do
2. Being aware of
· Relationship to terrain (remember if on QNH altitude is above sea level not height above the ground below you)
· Closest runway (radio failure, mechanical problem, medical emergency)
· Off-field landing area (engine failure, precautionary landing)
· Fuel status (how much fuel – most importantly how much TIME is left)
· Chart/Checklist location
· Your health
· The weather
· Other traffic
· Help available – (ATC frequencies & available services)
· Navigation aids – (VOR/DME/ADF frequencies, know how to use GPS)
· Any other factor that might impact on your flight (Controlled airspace)
Situational awareness during the flight may be enhanced by ground preparation:
3. Ground Preparation
· Weather (Plan alternate aerodromes)
· NOTAMS
· Weight & Balance
· Fuel Calculations
· Performance Calculations
· Flight Plan/PLOG
· Actual fuel state of aircraft
· Aircraft condition (Is it fit for flight?)
· Pilot condition (Are you fit for flight?)
As for platitudes - since gaining my PPL I've flown with several PPLs with many more hundreds of hours in their log books than I. Some of whom might benefit from reading the list. (and a couple of hours with an instructor)
I added a couple of notes/additions. Yes it's all basic and I would agree it doesn't address how it might be taught whilst your posts usefully discuss that issue.
At least for me the 'list' is worthing printing off and putting in my flight bag for reference. It really did make me rethink a few things for my next flight and gives me a quick reference for stuff I was half wondering if I had forgotten.
My earlier joke regarding your SA of the thread was simply that a 'list' did exist within SNS3's post
At the very least the above will give me some starting points regarding improving my own SA.