Originally Posted by
The Dude Abides
Not checking the takeoff warning horn before... takeoff doesn't sound unusual? It's a simple press of a button that sounds an alarm if the aircraft isn't configured! This takes about 1 second to do.
There are plenty of things that could be checked every flight, but aren't because SOP doesn't call for it. Their's didn't.
I mean, most checks just require pressing one button. We don't check the cockpit lights, run the fire tests, or check the gear horn prior to every takeoff. Could we? Sure, but its not in the procedures...
Do you seriously run every daily check prior to every flight?
Originally Posted by
Spaceman Spliff
Well, when McDonnell Douglas specifically directed operators of the MD-82 to check the warning before every flight...NOT once a day...
That's a completely different story then...
Your first post makes it sound like the pilots were derelict in their duties, when in fact it was whoever wrote and approved the procedures. That's something that's tough to discern from a sarcastic remark.