As it's been mentioned checklists are the way to go. Anything technical (and scuba is for all intensive purposes) uses checklists.
The human brain (mine especially) has a tendency to become complacent and overlook what should be minor stuff. Just today I forgot my dive computer of all things because I didn't use a damn checklist.
We had a local pilot just crash his own plane that he's owned for 25 years because he didn't run through the checklist....of all things forgot to turn the fuel pump on, luckily landed just fine without damage in a nearby field.
I swear by them,... and then at them every time I don't use one!
The human brain (mine especially) has a tendency to become complacent and overlook what should be minor stuff. Just today I forgot my dive computer of all things because I didn't use a damn checklist.
We had a local pilot just crash his own plane that he's owned for 25 years because he didn't run through the checklist....of all things forgot to turn the fuel pump on, luckily landed just fine without damage in a nearby field.
I swear by them,... and then at them every time I don't use one!