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On 15 Dec, 07:31, Ramy wrote:

I don't think anyone questions the importance of checklists, the
problem is how to enforce yourself to use it, and use it correctly.

There's also a question about when they are appropriate. Would anyone
here use a checklist for thermalling? I once had someone try to
convince me to use a check list for a winch launch cable break[*] -
is that a good use of the couple of seconds available for reaction?

Then, of course, there is the question of what we mean by a check
list. Is it a piece of laminated card which we take out of its pouch
and work through? Or is it just an acronym - in which case, how long
can it reasonably be? I've had people recommenend a downwind
WWULFSSTALL check - by the time you've done that lot you could have
landed the bloody thing, derigged it and started dinner.

Ian

* NARSTI: Nose down, Assess, Release Cable, Speed check, Trimmer set,
somethingbeginningwith I

On Dec 16, 9:33 am, Ian wrote:
There's also a question about when they are appropriate. Would anyone
here use a checklist for thermalling? I once had someone try to
convince me to use a check list for a winch launch cable break[*] -
is that a good use of the couple of seconds available for reaction?

Probably not. But it probably *is* useful as part of the
last E in cb-sift-cbe.