On Mar 23, 7:20*am, Tony wrote:
Seems to me that it's been a while since we had a good brouhaha over
pretakeoff checklists. *Most of use use either ABBCCCDDE (or is it
AABBCCDDE? Or ABBBCCCCDDEEFG?) or CBSIFTCB or some other variant. *I'm
curious what you use and WHY? *What have you added or subtracted to
the "base" checklist to fit your specific glider or operation, or to
prevent problems you have encountered.

I personally use CBSIFTCB in all the gliders I fly. After that is
complete I'm OK hooking up the rope, then I review WET (Wind,
Emergency, Traffic) and give the signal to launch.

CBSIFTCB E with Flaps always reponded to even if the response is
NONE. Wind is not on my checklist, nor is checking to see if I put my
pants (trousers) and shoes on. How could anyone sitting in a cockpit
waiting to takeoff be unaware of the wind?

The Emergency add on seems to have been replaced in UK by
Eventualities. That observation based on a recent visit to the UK
club where I did my early glider training. Don't know why it changed
but the review of E's doesn't change.

Some people responding here seem to be confusing a pre-takeoff check
list with a flight preparation checklist. I have a pre-pushout
checklist for all the things that would impact my flight if I forgot
them, but that is completely separate from the memorized pre-takeoff
checks. It's before I push out that I check I have my pants on.
(Actually that's not as silly as it sounds - I often prepare for
flying in shorts but prefer to fly in long pants).

Some people like to cite what airline pilots do, thinking they prepare
for takeoff by going though a checklist. They don't. Normally they
do all the preparation and configuration by memory using standard
flows and, after it is all done, then they run the checklist. Also,
the most critical emergency procedures have to be memorized and
executed without a checklist, then the checklist is used to "check" if
time allows.

Andy