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.
You miss the point. Of course checklists are there to back you up in case you missed something. The question is: why would you throw away the first line of defense by making the initial activation of this system a silent item? It costs absolutely nothing to make it a command and response (as we do in other areas), and it adds another layer of defense.
I know this is "the way we've always done it." I know that. I know that. But there really are better ways. You just have to be willing to listen.
Carl