On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:42:02 GMT, B A R R Y wrote:

The spam cans I fly mention seat belts on at least three different
checklists, engine start / pre taxi, takeoff, and approach. G

I hate pilots like this Discovery Flight instructor.

Before I was a pilot, I was invited by a friend to sit in the back seat of
a Citabria for an afternoon of punching holes in the sky.

This pilot did not do a walk around or a paper checklist, he just got in
and cranked it up. We taxied to the fuel pump and he started topping off
the tank. I asked him if he wanted me to connect the grounding wire and he
said, "It's not important." An instructor was also at the pump and he
said, "Oh, yes it is..." and he proceed to connect the ground himself. In
the sky, his "patterns" were big lazy ovals.

Who is this pilot friend of mine? He's a senior captain for a major
airline flying 737s.


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Dallas