I feel the need to defend myself after a comment made yesterday, so here goes.
I don't memorize checklists. Just the parts I'm supposed to. engine failure, set max power.....etc. Anyway, maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed to me my professionalism was being questioned, so I'll defend it here. :)
For over 5 years, and almost 3000 hours I did challenge and response checklists. The legs I flew were usually under an hour. There are two engines. We had to start them both before we went flying. That would mean that I would have read that check list out loud over 3000 times. And replied to it over 3000 times. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to not have that go into my brain, and I certainly cannot force myself to forget things. I mean, really?
Anyway, just wanted to clear that up. :)
2 comments:
Oh goodness, no slight to your professionalism was intended. My comment was in no way intended as a smug correction to your way of using checklists. More of a "wow, you really know that airplane."
And they don't seem to sink in to memory that way for me. But I haven't ever done the same two-crew checklist multiple legs for three thousand hours running.
heh. I'm overly sensitive then. ;) Are you shocked? LMAO
I guess I just feel so 'out of it' right now, not at all like a pilot...so when a real pilot says something it's more real. ha. that probably made no sense. :D
ON that note....less than two weeks until I'm back in the air. I can't really believe it, but I think it's all falling into place. :)
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