Altimeter, MCP, and all the other bells, whistles, and switches - I'll probably look at them at least another half dozen times between the gate and the runway.

Once I get to the runway, I'll check and double check that I see the right runway, and that the jet is expecting that runway in the FMC, and that that the mag compass agrees just incase the Earth's magnetic field changed overnight. I'll look at a myriad of other things that aren't in the FOM, FH, or on the checklist. Why? Because I'm safer than you!

Like an ADHD teenage girl on her period, this thread keeps missing the warning that training is creating a culture and cockpit workflow that diminishes SA and CRM and is replacing it with an emphasis on procedural steps. Once they started removing the meat from the FOM and FH, and replacing it with "how to enter a holding pattern" type filler we've been on a downward slide.

For any pilot who's been doing this for a while, it's probably not an issue. But, for the new-hires, upgrades, and mixed-legacy crews at the new company and flying a new aircraft on new routes with new procedures, safety reporting says it is an issue. It's a cultural issue that flight ops management is so far behind on that they'll be lucky to even identify the problem before it's a smoking hole. Then there's flight ops the credibility issue, even if they did come up with a reasonable plan, who would listen?