Before the merger and the total revamping of our procedures our taxi check on the 757 was : Flaps ....5 (or 15) planned, 5 (or 15) indicated. That's it. Now it includes a bunch of stuff we did on our before pushback flow. 90% of the stuff on your checklists should be done as a flow anyway. Checklists are for the big items that get you killed.
Our checkairmen fought and fought to keep our clean sytem but lost to the check and recheck and verify, and check mentality from the other side.
We also had a weight and balance system that had our trim sheets done by the station and printed out at the jetway before we closed the door. Worked well and it put the onus on the sttion to be on top of the numbers. Now we push back and wait for our numbers that get transmitted from the gate to ops to central load planning in PIT where the load agent minimizes the poker screen........
Last edited by cactusmike; 09-11-2008 at 10:15 PM.