tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post110887990483306071..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Inappropriate ChecklistsAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-31289814666543079052007-12-24T14:15:00.000+00:002007-12-24T14:15:00.000+00:00Checklists are why they quit leaving the blocks in...Checklists are why they quit leaving the blocks in the B-17's rudder on takeoff (how they lost the first prototype and started using checklists, in the US at least).<BR/>One good thing about short precise and large-lettered checklists stuck were your eye strays across them all the time...you soak them up sublimnally. That's how I found one day I had learned the NATO alphabet.<BR/>Wun, Tu, thu-Ree, Fo-wer.... <BR/><BR/>Isn't 'item one' always 'procure proper checklist"? <BR/><BR/>And if they can't keep current magazines in the racks, how can they keep correct and current clean (legible) checklists on all aircraft?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com