On 18 Dec, 17:55, brtlmj wrote:
On Dec 17, 3:37 pm, Ian wrote:

Anyone who needs a checklist to tell them to trim and lookout would have to cycle
though it constantly. Do /you/ have a printed checklist in your
cockpit saying "Look out"?

I've been taught to use a "LUST" checklist before landing. Lookout,
Undercarriage, Speed, Trim. And while nobody who does not remember
about lookout should be sent solo, I think the "L" in the checklist
makes a perfect sense. Why? Because the lookout changes when you are
about to land. You are supposed to look at the entire pattern now. Is
there someone a kilometer away flying parallel to you? You are going
to meet head-on pretty soon. Is someone about to launch? What are the
chances of the two of you trying to occupy the same point of space at
the same time? What if he has a rope/cable break?

That's a fair point. I was taught to check while on base leg that
there is nobody making a straight in approach, and always do. It's
just that "lookout" seems to generic. "Traffic" would be better, I
think.

Ian