A simple piece of paper that every pilot has seen and heard their flight instructors tell them to use throughout the training process.

However, how many of those flight instructors actually taught you how to effectively use that checklist?

One of the most common mistakes that occur in the use of checklists is just that, the use of the checklist. If the first thing you were supposed to do when you got to the airplane was open up your checklist and start robotically chugging down the list completing tasks they would have called it "directions", not a checklist.

I have seen countless students whom with I have strapped into an airplane breakout the checklist in an attempt to impress me with good pilot form. They start pouring down the list from top to bottom efficiently completing each task while reading them aloud at the same time, "seatbelts - latched" "doors - locked" in an almost robotic voice. It may seem cruel what happens next,

I have been working on this site for some time now. I hope to be able to use it to more effectively communicate my thoughts and ideas to you as well as keep you updated with all my current programs and flying adventures.

Look around and please let me know what you think!

Thanks,
Doug