Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Art of Cockpit Organization

Some pilots use paper charts.
Some pilots use iPads.
Some pilots carry everything with their hands (and their charts fly away).
Some pilots use big flight bags weighing more than 30 pounds full of stuff from the whole course.
Some pilots like velcro and fill the cabin with it.
Some pilots like bringing massive amounts of pens and pencils.
Some pilots use pens.
Some pilots use pencils (and some even use mechanical ones!).
Some pilots use AeroNav charts.
Some pilots use Jeppesen charts.
Some pilots use a kneeboard.
Some pilots use two kneeboards!
Some pilots don't use GPS.
Some pilots use the airplane's GPS, a handheld, and the iPad's GPS!
Some pilots use the manufacturer's checklist.
Some pilots use their own checklists.
Some pilots develop flows and use the checklist thereafter.
Some pilots don't use checklists!
Some pilots lack of charts and material.
Some pilots like bringing backups of everything and fill every cabin pocket so it's easily reachable.
Some pilots arrange their stuff nicely and orderly (even have an obsessive-compulsive behaviour).
Some pilots make the term 'cockpit organization' an oxymoron.
Some pilots like writing everything on their kneeboards.
Some pilots write on their upper leg.
Some pilots don't even write anything!
Some pilots bring the sufficient stuff necessary for that flight.
Some pilots don't bring anything at all.

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