Flyin'Dutch' wrote:Sticking to (your own) SOPs helps.
SOPs, whether they are for CAT or yourself, should be clear set of rules, thought out on from the comfort of your desk, preferably from lessons learned.
I have virtually no flying experience yet in the scheme of things but after every lesson I do a quick "what went well? what could be improved? what will I do differently next time?"
Once so far "what will I do differently?" has included... "Remove the pitot cover on the walk round rather than just noticing it when moving round the box"
if I didn't notice that's two holes in the cheese aligned.
Usually it's more subtle things I am happy to report. Though, I make a habit of re-reading the whole thing before each flight.
Easy for 20 hours
admittedly. For you guys with your 100s/1000s of hours this might get a bit tedious
so you'd have to select or maybe just limit to last flight or common mistakes or something!
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