Introduction
1. Before-Start Checklist — The Life of a Pilot
Getting into the Business
Seniority
Commuting
Deadheading
Keeping up to Speed
Virtual Weather
2. After-Start Checklist — Getting to Know the Aircraft
Building an Airplane
Paint by Numbers
Taking Wing
Window on the World
Forward Force
Fill ’er Up
Airbus A340 versus Honda Civic
Airplane Tails
A Day in the Life
Just Checking
Ask the Pilot
3. Before-Takeoff Checklist — From the Gate into the Air
Captains on the Ground
Over-the-Top Weather
Plotting a Path
Cracking the Code
The Shipping News
Why All the Rules?
On the Job
View from the Ground
Deiceman Cometh
Moving the Heavy Metal
Sounds Good
56 Seconds Barreling Down the Runway
A Typical Flight
4. After-Takeoff and Cruise Checklists — Flight, Weather, and Turbulence
Why the Bumps?
Sky Snakes
Weather Watch
Wind Beneath the Wings
Under Pressure
A Breath of Air
Rules of the Road
Highways in the Sky
The Sound of Speed
Airplane Heaven
Stormy Weather
Going for a Ride… In a Thunderstorm?
’Tis the Season for Hurricanes
Mixed Measurements
Night Flight
Santa the Aviator
A Bird’s-Eye View
5. Predescent and In-Range Checklists — Landing at Airports Around the World
Destination Unknown
Foggy Landings
Smooth Landings
Crew Control
6. After-Landing and Parking Checklists — Layovers, Traveling the World, and Beyond
The Pro’s Guide to Jet Lag
Put Yourself in the Cockpit
Extreme Flying
Have No Fear
Trek to the Taj
Grueling Grouse Grind
The Beginning of Time
A Day of Infamy
Prepare for Blast Off
As this clip infers the medical field approached the aviation world and realized how well we have been doing things for all these years. Crusty ole doctors will have to learn they are not the only ones in the surgery room and they will have to abide by checklists. Just like pilot war veterans had to change their thinking in the flight deck. It's going to take some getting used to, but it's a smart thing to do. I wonder if they will take it one step further and incorporate devices equivalent to FDRs (Flight Data Recorders) and CVR (cockpit voice recorders) in hospitals. Heck, they record things in a court room. What about check rides for doctors and nurses? Lots to think about.
I know of a couple of Air Canada pilots that have taken this concept on the road and are doing quite well as a company convincing hospitals to convert to checklists. Hospitals around North America are coming on side. But it doesn't have to stop at the medical field. Maybe you readers can see how this concept could apply to your profession?
At Air Canada, and most airlines, all checklists end by stating," 'such and such' checklist complete!"
"The procedures for posting this post checklist is complete."
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5 comments:
Hi Doug,
Being interested in both aviation and medicine, I find this cross-over fascinating. I've been following the writing of Dr. Richard (Dick) Karl, a columnist for Flying Magazine for the past few years. He's a very experienced surgeon, and an accomplished pilot and has a business that is working with medical professionals to implement aviation-style checklists.
Less than 2 years ago, I was in the operating room with my wife for the c-section birth of our son. They used a concept called "surgical pause" - the head surgeon called everyone's attention, double checked the patient, her wrist band and the procedure before starting. It did remind me of a pre-take-off checklist!
Jack
Jack
Hi Jack. Seems like many people are jumping onboard with this. And you experienced it first hand!
Thanks for the post.
Doug on a Victoria, B.C layover
Hi Doug,
I currently work in the computer industry, specifically in the mainframe operations area, and have for a number of years. In most places checklists are the norm as a memory aid in the wee hours to complete the necessary tasks to deadline.
It's a fairly complicated technical environment and lends itself to a checklist pretty well. One problem is a tendency to use them in place of documentation and knowledge.
The checklists themselves get constantly revised according to changing work requirements, and refinements resulting from incident investigation. That's also a field aviation can teach a lot of businesses.
Chris
Chris. Thanks for your comments. When you think about it, checklists, procedures, SOPs can apply in tons of industries.
Captain Doug
Funnily enough...we have a fully qualified Medical Doctor flying as a first officer on the Boeing 747-400s. His practising certificate will now no longer be current of course!
Here in the UK, you can go to Medical School at 18, 5 years later come out with your MB ChB (MD), and then get on with your post degree training. At 25 he thought "sod" this, and built up hours wherever he could, ending up in Electras (a fine machine I would have loved to get my hands on), then onto a regional player, then onto the Speedbirds, and now an SFO on the Jumbos.
Maybe we could get him to post something on checklists...
Ian
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