Originally Posted by
drpixie
Absolutely agree Sheppy - I'm going through this with CASA at the moment. Between the manufacturer + the FOI + CASA's type specialist, the result is not a checklist but an instruction manual. The vital stuff completely lost amongst the dross that has no or little impact on the flight. I'm brave enough to drop the dross, but as all "flight check systems" have to be approved, I see no chance of getting a genuine checklist approved
Quite poor when the operational checklist for an airliner from startup to shutdown literally fits on a single-sided A4 page. The expanded checklist is of course within easy reach, but is only used for abnormal procedures.