WBI Flyer
Pre-takeoff checklist
We all know the stories of folks as smart or smarter than us who have allowed non-urgent events in the airplane turn into a fatal event... by failing to continue to fly the plane.
Yesterday I was running hard to get a project back on time... At 3:45pm, I "found" lunch... (Some collection of fried chicken-like pieces with potato wedges). I was using the console of my truck as a table and grabbing a piece every now and then as I drove. I was HUNGRY.
Somewhere in heavy traffic on the freeway, I applied brake, then gas.... And my priceless chicken-like substance went flying off into the back floorboard of the truck. I instinctively turned my attention to the priceless cargo (and thoughts of mustard in my carpet) in the backseat.... In a split second, I realized that I had no idea what was happening on the road around me... "Always drive the truck" ran through my head and made me laugh, reflect on how easy it is for little things to distract us from the big things, and realize how important it is to visualize procedures and prepare to make good decisions in the pilot seat.
Door open? Canopy unlatch? Kid screaming? Whatever happens: 1. "First, Fly The Plane"
Yesterday I was running hard to get a project back on time... At 3:45pm, I "found" lunch... (Some collection of fried chicken-like pieces with potato wedges). I was using the console of my truck as a table and grabbing a piece every now and then as I drove. I was HUNGRY.
Somewhere in heavy traffic on the freeway, I applied brake, then gas.... And my priceless chicken-like substance went flying off into the back floorboard of the truck. I instinctively turned my attention to the priceless cargo (and thoughts of mustard in my carpet) in the backseat.... In a split second, I realized that I had no idea what was happening on the road around me... "Always drive the truck" ran through my head and made me laugh, reflect on how easy it is for little things to distract us from the big things, and realize how important it is to visualize procedures and prepare to make good decisions in the pilot seat.
Door open? Canopy unlatch? Kid screaming? Whatever happens: 1. "First, Fly The Plane"
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