Originally Posted by
BigGuns
Well Carl in that case it would have to be not a double distraction, but a quintuple distraction. If you have missed the first two, you would have to miss it on the TAXI CHECKLIST, then agian on the BEFORE T/O CHECKLIST and the T/O CONFIG WARNING would have to fail before you t/o with out flaps.
to add on to that, if the captain can't notice that the flaps are not set before taking off......checklist or not, then he/she is an incompetent fool who should not be in a control seat at a major airline.
All the standard SOPA/SMAC procedures in the world will not cover up for a weak pilot. Bad pilots will make mistakes no matter how standard your procedures are.
Procedures should allow for some flexibility. If you need a bunch of overly rigid procedures to protect your ass, you are in the wrong business.