Thanks for the docs
FlightDetent . The one with the explanations makes for interesting reading.
While I concur that some of the items that were modified or added are curious (i.e: wing lights, seat belts deleted from cockpit prep, but kept for parking check), I particularly like the "taxi" check. That before takeoff check was a nightmare...
As for the other items that I may consider that were necessary but were deleted, I do believe that a manufacturer with more than ten thousand aircraft in service would know better than a line pilot before performing and publishing such a critical change as their checklists. So I've trusted them on this one, and whenever I'm in doubt of forgetting something, I perform the old checklist in my head... A habit I expect will be made redundant over time.
P.s.: Don't you think it's a bit ironic that deleting the checklist that contains the check of raising the gear now makes you double and triple check that you did?