TS, it was one of the pleasures of my old job to introduce the concept. I even removed 'brakes' from the 'After Take Off checks' because flying in the cruise with brakes on isn't actually dangerous - but they were in the 'Final checks' because landing with them off or on could be bad news, depending on the location. SOP would dictate they are released for a flight to onshore though. Similarly, no 'cruise checks'. Let's get this right - there is over a quarter of a million dollars going into that cockpit and we need a piece of A4 to help us check we have enough fuel at alternate, the MGB oil pressure is ok and the navaids and radios are tuned appropriately! An Airbus/Boeing pilot would think you were "having a larf" if you tried to explain that...
Last edited by 212man; 8th Sep 2013 at 18:41.