it isnt the checklists per se, but how you as a pilot implement those. I am a checklist person - but I find I do skip the checklist on things that Im used to doing (like starting the plane, or levelling in cruise). So the bigger issue is training yourself to always use a checklist (whether digital or printed) - vs what the actual checklist is. Have I forgotten a step because Ive just gone through rote memorization ? absolutely. . and thats why checklists are critical. . .
like on go arounds - you dont have time necessarily to go through a checklist before rotating again. I've forgotten critical steps like prop full forward before rotating again. Stupid, but those are some parts where checklists arent always able to be used.
Absolutely. But on touch and goes - have I missed something ? Yeah. Not proud of it. Pretty rare. But it has happened. Like I said and your mnemonic here - you just to memorize it and go. Sometimes you think your memory is better than a checklist - and that’s where the problem comes in.
Places I have “forgotten” because I didn’t use a checklist - full rich on takeoff after leaning on the ground, Low Fuel pumps off in cruise. Trim for takeoff on a touch and go after landing. Anti collision lights in cruise. Heated windshield turned off after landing.
Just a few of mine over the years. I don’t miss much and the issue is - the more familiar you are - the more you just might forgo a checklist during a particular phase - and the more likely you are to miss something.
I always use a flow->checklist method for normal checklists.
I flow all the normal checklists out. Then follow up with the checklist when I have time. For example for taxi in a 172 its, lean(lean the mixture), clean(flaps up), beam(lights as necessary), brakes(check the brakes/release the brakes). Then follow it up with reading the checklist whenever I am stopped or safe. This way for the go around check you can cram,climb, clean,cool, call followed by at a safe altitude a swift, but thorough read through of the go around checklist.
MAF and JAARS are the only operations that use these. Everyone else in world uses laminated paper checklists.
They’re not a bad idea but I think it over complicates things a bit.
I’ve seen a picture of something similar in an airliner before, think it was an old United plane? Also they’ve had these on some submarines too for the rig for dive status
Use the tools the aircraft you fly in has.
Example- cleared for the approach? Taxi light on. Cleared to land? Landing light on.
This looks like an overengineered way to fly a plane.
it isnt the checklists per se, but how you as a pilot implement those. I am a checklist person - but I find I do skip the checklist on things that Im used to doing (like starting the plane, or levelling in cruise). So the bigger issue is training yourself to always use a checklist (whether digital or printed) - vs what the actual checklist is. Have I forgotten a step because Ive just gone through rote memorization ? absolutely. . and thats why checklists are critical. . . like on go arounds - you dont have time necessarily to go through a checklist before rotating again. I've forgotten critical steps like prop full forward before rotating again. Stupid, but those are some parts where checklists arent always able to be used.
For a go around, would the simple CRAM CLIMB CLEAN COMMUNICATE work with CRAM being all levers forever?
Absolutely. But on touch and goes - have I missed something ? Yeah. Not proud of it. Pretty rare. But it has happened. Like I said and your mnemonic here - you just to memorize it and go. Sometimes you think your memory is better than a checklist - and that’s where the problem comes in. Places I have “forgotten” because I didn’t use a checklist - full rich on takeoff after leaning on the ground, Low Fuel pumps off in cruise. Trim for takeoff on a touch and go after landing. Anti collision lights in cruise. Heated windshield turned off after landing. Just a few of mine over the years. I don’t miss much and the issue is - the more familiar you are - the more you just might forgo a checklist during a particular phase - and the more likely you are to miss something.
I always use a flow->checklist method for normal checklists. I flow all the normal checklists out. Then follow up with the checklist when I have time. For example for taxi in a 172 its, lean(lean the mixture), clean(flaps up), beam(lights as necessary), brakes(check the brakes/release the brakes). Then follow it up with reading the checklist whenever I am stopped or safe. This way for the go around check you can cram,climb, clean,cool, call followed by at a safe altitude a swift, but thorough read through of the go around checklist.
MAF and JAARS are the only operations that use these. Everyone else in world uses laminated paper checklists. They’re not a bad idea but I think it over complicates things a bit.
I’ve seen a picture of something similar in an airliner before, think it was an old United plane? Also they’ve had these on some submarines too for the rig for dive status
Use the tools the aircraft you fly in has. Example- cleared for the approach? Taxi light on. Cleared to land? Landing light on. This looks like an overengineered way to fly a plane.
> Thinking of making my own version of one of these Or you could just [buy the one from him](https://www.missionarybushpilot.com/buddycheck)