Wolfdog wrote:
I don't believe in written checklists.
With nearly 17,000 incident free hours in everything from two-seaters to the 4 engine Airbus I fly now, I can tell you those kinds of statements are pure ignorance. It might sound good around the flying club on a rain day but it's dangerous and nobody who has made a career from flying would ever say it.
It doesn't matter if it's your company SOP's or your own discipline to use them but it's checklists that will save you when you are overloaded, tired, in an abnormal situation etc etc. Remember, not all checklists are read and do, a lot of them are action confirmation. To not use them is simply bad airmanship.
By the way I've lurked on these forums for at least 13 years now that I can remember and it was your silly statement that finally prompted me to type something. Congratulations.
