On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:29:21 -0700, Andy wrote:

The extremes range between mnemonic+short, and written+long.

It is possible to skewer the middle ground with written+short: our club
gliders have a piece of Dymo tape on the panel that reads CBSIFTCBE.

With only one exception during the
preflight checks the crew responded to "cockpit door" with "closed and
locked". That was interesting because the door was secured wide open to
allow instrumentation wiring to pass to the rear cabin.

:-)

Question: how easy was it for the crew to check that the door was locked,
visually or otherwise, without getting up and rattling the handle? If it
wasn't possible I'd suggest the 'cockpit door' item was dead in the water
and best removed no matter what DHS/FAA might have to say about it.


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