groundfloor,
I think you need to clear up in your mind the difference between ACCEPTANCE and APPROVAL (and 'yes', the two terms ARE used in certification and ongoing surveillance). A read of the old Joint Implementation Procedures should clear up any confusion that you seem to have in this regard.
I think you also need to look at where SOPs originate, and that if they originate from AFM procedures then they can't be simply changed as you suggest, because the AFM forms part of the aircraft certification.
As previously stated, if you want to change checklists then do it the way old Smokey and I are suggesting. If you still disagree, then go and have a chat to the UK CAA re CAP 676 and tell them why they've got it wrong.
