An observation or two and a couple of questions regarding these incidents K.
Why in the US do more than 80% of the private pilot brigade hold instrument ratings but in Australia less than 20% hold that qualification? Wouldn't be that gaining and maintaining that qualification is just too expensive and onerous here compared with there? Would holding that qualification have reduced the likelihood of these events occurring?
I wonder how many "Items" are in the ATR before landing checklist? I know with some of the older transport aircraft checklists designed way back when and probably designed by the manufacturers lawyers with "liability" in mind, tended to contain a myriad of "As required" responses to non critical items which created a forest of trees masking the wood. As an example the Boeing 767 before landing checklist contains only three items as opposed to fourteen in a fairly sophisticated Corporate type.
Our aviation "Experts" simply will not listen to reason as to why, in the modern era, these checklists should be modified to better emphasise the kill items make the checklists much shorter and less likely to be interrupted by workload.
'K" edit - Choc Frog and Amen.
Why in the US do more than 80% of the private pilot brigade hold instrument ratings but in Australia less than 20% hold that qualification? Wouldn't be that gaining and maintaining that qualification is just too expensive and onerous here compared with there? Would holding that qualification have reduced the likelihood of these events occurring?
I wonder how many "Items" are in the ATR before landing checklist? I know with some of the older transport aircraft checklists designed way back when and probably designed by the manufacturers lawyers with "liability" in mind, tended to contain a myriad of "As required" responses to non critical items which created a forest of trees masking the wood. As an example the Boeing 767 before landing checklist contains only three items as opposed to fourteen in a fairly sophisticated Corporate type.
Our aviation "Experts" simply will not listen to reason as to why, in the modern era, these checklists should be modified to better emphasise the kill items make the checklists much shorter and less likely to be interrupted by workload.
'K" edit - Choc Frog and Amen.