Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Something that the QRH should direct pilots to ... check the CB panels. We've had several events here and there where checking the panel, calling maintenance, resetting if appropriate, then writing up, would have saved a lot of time and forehead slapping after the fact.
A few years ago the feds were all up in arms about crews resetting CBs willy-nilly. Now you can reset a CB once if the Captain determines if the CB has an significant impact on safety.
Usually when something goes wrong, first thing is to check for CBs out. Now the CB that was popped on the LOT 767 was in a hard to see spot that might be blocked by a flight bag. (another reason for EFBs!)