Like I said up there, I'm just a passenger when I fly, although my brother is a pilot, rated for small jobs. When I've flown with him, he usually involves me in the check, but it's purely mechanical.
Although I am told that modern airplanes, despite the automating of many systems, are far more complicated than the planes in this Navy training film, it's a long-winded procedure, especially with Robert Taylor, who also directed going through the list. As to what happens when the pilot omits one or more points in the checklist, we have Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, recently graduated from the Our Gang series, to demonstrate the downside of neglecting them.
Although I am told that modern airplanes, despite the automating of many systems, are far more complicated than the planes in this Navy training film, it's a long-winded procedure, especially with Robert Taylor, who also directed going through the list. As to what happens when the pilot omits one or more points in the checklist, we have Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, recently graduated from the Our Gang series, to demonstrate the downside of neglecting them.
