Flight School
Training taught me how to fly the plane. Nobody told me a thing about owning one. So I’m sharing the systems that have worked for me, sorted into tracks you can work through.
Checklists
10 lessonsWrite checklists that actually save lives. The seminar a DPE once told me to teach, plus the tools to put it into practice.
A linter for checklists. Rules catch killer-item gaps and weak phrasing, plus an AI coach for the judgment calls.
Real checklists, published with margin notes that explain why each line is there.
An interview that builds a sane skeleton for your type, then hands it to the editor.
A checklist isn't a to-do list. It's the check at the end of a flow.
Read →A handful of lines, in the right phase, that prevent the accidents that actually happen.
Read →Not for a stranger, not for the lawyers. Write it the way your brain already flies the plane.
Read →One memorized flow, run four times, beats a list you read with your head down in the pattern.
Read →For the handful of items that kill you, repeating the check is a feature, not a smell.
Read →When a value matters, write the value. When context matters, leave yourself a note.
Read →The flight starts at your front door and includes a phone call. Checklist it.
Read →Right-size the detail for the phase, and keep the rarely-needed procedures one tap away.
Read →A checklist is never finished. Tweak it after every flight, and put it somewhere you'll actually reach.
Read →A checklist nobody finishes is worse than no checklist at all.
Read →More tracks coming
Checklists is the first track. Ownership, maintenance, and the money side are on the way. I add lessons regularly. Get them in your inbox: