Wingrunner Checklist

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.

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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Originally Posted by Clay[_4_]

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.

I don't and I do not see that from most club members.

Overall, it's a matter of timing and not interupting Pilots in their routines. As Pilots stage their aircraft is when they are asked about Critical assembly and Positive control checks. When pilots are ready, and hooked up, as I walk to the wing and get ready to lift it, I look over their aircraft and the pattern. At Thumbs Up, I look and say loud enough for the pilot to hear: "Dolly's removed, Canopy and Spoilers locked, Pattern clear." At which point I signal to take up slack. Adds maybe 5 second to the process...