are preparing for takeoff. it s all about checklists in aviation. they re going through checklists. miles o brien is a pilot and aviation analyst for cnn. it doesn t matter how mundane it is, how many times you ve done it. you do it religiously because that is absolute foundation of safety in aviation. in the cockpit, 27-year-old first officer fa reek hamid. this video shows him training on the triple 7. flight 370 was his first time flying the aircraft without an instructor. so while his experience level might have been low on the aircraft, he was totally up to date on how to fly it. a lot of airline pilots tell me these are the best people to fly with because they ve just come out of rigorous training. next to fariq, zahari shah, a captain with over 18,000 hours in the air and a stellar