Thanks for the feedback.

I have got the FTO's Warrior checklist which is slightly different to the Warrior/Cherokee checklist that my club uses, but not much. I hope learning it will make life easier (I wish I had done so before, but I still have a few months to go). The course ends up on a complex ac, but I don't have that checklist yet.

I am trying at all times to achieve the highest standards and I am to using the RAF as a benchmark, so any of the standards that do differ from civvy clubs are of interest.

I know I am drifting a bit here, but to those who are now CAA examiners; do you expect candidates on a 170A (PPL level) to know the checklists off by heart? I can not remember what I did.

All comments welcome.

The USAF do enjoy their verbigalizationisms; 'Before starting checklist' etc.

However, on every flight (mission) one has to write-out the bold face checklists - all of them - in toto - exactly as printed in the FRCs. Abbreviations and all.

The number of dots between challenge and response may be amended to equal the Sqn number; I pity those on the 918th!

I don't know what the 'Ovrd & Airstart Sw' is, but I know it's supposed to moved to '... ... Ovrd & Airstart'.

Aye

Oh to be young again! As my name suggests I probably raise the average age on this forum by a few years! Ido however remember the wonderful days when down wind checks consisted of checking the windsock (or signals square) to confirm that you were in fact down wind!! Good luck future pundit. Know all the checks for your ac, you may not have a spare hand or the time for the checklist one day. May your flying career be long, safe and enjoyable.

I would concur with the wise words above. For most of my 28 years flying I have been of the opinion that anything you can do to make your life as a flying training student easier is a bonus.

Capacity and rate of learning are crucial.

Having your checks firmly squared away is one less thing to worry about and should help you to perform with confidence which in turn helps to create a decent impression on the simple soul that is the QHI/QFI who, being better disposed towards you, is more inclined to impart some of his/her pearls of wisdom instead of smacking you round the back of the head while simultaneosly using words that would be banned from this forum!!

Good Luck FP :ok: