Nah piper I don't use them apart from pat the cat even then if they get it I don't bother.
Sometimes they are used as a beating stick by some instructors.
I was once asked in a aggressive tone "have you done your "chump" checks" or some such after departure.
I looked at the instructor and said "yep your still onboard"
I don't think the boy wonder had been told before he was talking complete and utter pish before in a debrief. Apparently we could have died because I didn't check that the welded undercarrage wasn't still welded. The mixture which I had my hand on could have rattled cut off and the fixed pitch prop could have done something, what I couldn't quite figure out.
I was informed that these checks were important if I was moving on to complex aircraft like he had. Which again he was told he was talking pish.
Silly boy hadn't bothered finding out what my experence level was.
Still rented me the plane mind when he bothered to check my license. Green unrestricted trumpted blue restricted I presume.
Last edited by mad_jock; 15th Mar 2012 at 14:12.