Greg,

it's good to get into the habit, because your next
airplane may require flaps on takeoff, and the one after that certainly will.


If a pilot cannot (or will not) adapt to the specifics of the aircraft he/she
is currently flying, he/she has no business in any aircraft. There are so many
things different between aircraft that the idea behind that kind of habit
forming is more a danger than a benefit. Just my two cents.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)