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Old March 6th 13, 09:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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Default Wingrunner Checklist

On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:59:48 -0800, Clay wrote:

But if you know someone else is going to run through a checklist,
doesn't that make it slightly less likely you will run through yours?
What if the wingrunner interrupts you while you're running thru your own
checklist? Hey, I'm not against prevention and am not gonna fall on my
sword over this, but I just wonder if we're not engineering a subtle
shift in psychology here. I could be totally wrong.


We encourage our launch marshals and their assistants to ask "Brakes
locked?" if the pilot didn't say "Brakes locked immediately asking for
"Cable on". IMO, if you're going to use such a procedure, thats the place
to do so, NOT earlier when the pilot is still running through his
checklist, thinking about eventualities, etc.



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