Some of you aren't going to like my response, but as a retired military and
commercial
pilot of 42 years experience, it is my belief that this MPD is good. Checklists
alone aren't a sufficient safeguard for this known Europa problem. I
have both taken off with the rear shoot-bolt not engaged and on another occasion
been distracted to the extent of somehow missing this item on the checklist,
but became aware of something amiss just before getting airborne.
During my aviation career of mostly multi crew flying, I have experienced and
also
been made aware of others who have somehow missed items on checklists. For
almost 25 years I've had an ongoing concern about this particular weakness in
the Europa canopy design; worrying when other group members are flying my
aircraft.
I tried remedies of my own, including an additional handle inside the canopy
towards the rear, to facilitate pilots pulling the rear corner inwards.
This MPD seems to be a commonsense solution.
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