How are modern aircraft checklists created/certified?
Hi there,
A friend from another industry is interested in applying aviation style checklists to their area of business. They have asked me many questions about checklists and how they are used in normal and non-normal scenarios. However the latest question is how are checklists created/certified? I am just a regular line pilot but would hazard a guess that during manufacture and design on prototypes initially generic checklists may be used. Then test pilots along with systems engineers will add various items to the basic checklist specific to type. And then during certification it all goes off to the regulator to be approved. And once it gets to the airlines, customers can add to checklists as they see fit?
Is this how it works? What kind of documents would control this process? FAA/EASA regulations in particular? Is there a more scientific method?
Following on from that; how do airline's go about adding or taking from a checklist? Does it always require approval from the authority?
Many thanks for all replies and references very much appreciated!
BD