(Andrew Sarangan) wrote in message . com...
This is exactly the pitfall of memorizing acronyms. If you can't
remember what it stands for from the comfort of your home, do you
think you will recall it when flying in a dark and bumpy cockpit? It
is for this reason that I don't teach acronyms.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who avoids them.

It would be nice if it worked out that the letters always stood for
the same thing, but it doesn't. Like "G". What does "G" stand for?
Gyro? Gear? Gust? Gyro (the sandwich)? Gas? It can't be Gas,
because don't call it Gas, we always call it Fuel. What does "F"
stand for? Fuel? Flaps? Fuses? Footlong? Argh.

I threw out acronyms altogether while trying to memorize GUMPS. I
knew one of them referred to the landing gear. The way I recalled it,
it went:

G - Gear.
U - Umm, something about gear.
M - Main landing gear.
P - Please tell me the gear is down.
S - Static landing gear is always down.

Forget it. I just stick to the manufacturers' checklists, which are
more appropriate anyways.