Thread: Five months in jail (and PTSD) - pilot found criminally negligent fornot following a preflight checklist
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Old February 14th 14, 06:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Five months in jail (and PTSD) - pilot found criminally negligentfor not following a preflight checklist
On Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:49:06 PM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/hang-gl...-b-c-1.1681084

As fun and rewarding as hang gliding is it is missing one important thing that sailplane pilots use.
There is not a culture of using a written, rigid check list. Yet, like us, they assemble their craft before every flight.