The Safety Board believes that the nonstandard manner in which the crew initiated checklists, with the first officer bearing the load for checklist initiation and accomplishment, increased the crew’s vulnerability to the problems associated with conducting checklists during taxi operations ...
The new (2006 revision) Boeing 737 checklist policy with the first officer now conducting the majority of the scans, actions and checklist challenge and response, flies in the face of the recommendations of the above Safety Board comments. Makes you wonder if manufacturer's ever read past accident reports from long ago and if so, do they really learn from them? So much remains in archives and their lessons are long forgotten.