Private Pilot

[nosehair]

The only thing I don't like about student pilot is the lack of activity, here there is always a new post every time you refresh the page.

...see what you started?

Yeah, I like this board best, too. Keep coming back. We need your young blood.

 

[Lead Sled]

The idea is not to blow past non-applicable items. You teach the students to call them out (verbalized) and recognize them. Blowing past them does not establish the proper habit pattern. The idea, again, is to establish the notion that gear and props will need attention, eventually.

I don't mean to to argumentative, but I've got to disagree with you. Based on what you're saying, the best technique would be to put Boeing checklists in all of our training aircraft since there most certainly are "Boeing specific" items that will need attention, eventually.

'Sled

 

[bobbysamd]

Checklists

I don't mean to to argumentative, but I've got to disagree with you. Based on what you're saying, the best technique would be to put Boeing checklists in all of our training aircraft since there most certainly are "Boeing specific" items that will need attention, eventually.

Not necessarily "Boeing-specific," but similar in scope and format to what students might encounter later as professional pilots flying more advanced aircraft.

We flew 172s at Riddle. Those checklists were the longest I'd ever seen for a 172; the Before Takeoff check might have had fifteen items. It took forever to complete. I did not understand why a 172 checklist needed to be so lengthy - until I understood the bigger picture - to give students a line mentality to facilitate their transition into more sophisticated aircraft. I understand that DCA uses checklists in its single-engine airplanes that are similar to its RJs. The idea is to train students to operate and fly like professionals from the very beginning - and to lessen the learning curve when they reach that level.

The foreign airline schools train their ab initio students using a line-oriented philosophy. Students at these schools use checklists and flows that are not altogether different than those used on the line - again, to facilitate their transition to those aircraft.