The Choreographed Cockpit Sweep Pilots Run From Memory Before The Checklist Even Comes Out
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Passengers boarding an airliner often catch a glimpse of the flight deck before the cockpit door closes to see pilots reaching across the instrument panel, touching switches, adjusting knobs, and scanning displays in what appears to be a carefully rehearsed sequence. Only after completing those actions does a pilot typically pick up a written checklist and read it aloud. To an outside observer, the order seems backward. Why perform dozens of tasks from memory before consulting the document desig
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