By the way, its only a matter of time before a ground crew guy gets dragged under the nosewheel because there's no checklist item for "Ground Crew Clearance ..... Received"
There's no checklist item for "Take off clearance...obtain" or "Coffee...checked not too hot" but most pilots seem to manage OK.
These are in some cases cultural differences. Some folks think the more callouts, the more complex the checklist, the better things are. These wacko monitored approaches are sure to catch on worldwide someday just like the QFE altimeter.
Now, if we can just get the commies to quit using metric altitudes...
I remember riding with some Deltoids on a 767 a while back. They had about twenty items on the Before Takeoff checklist, they must have got it from a DC-8 or CV880. The Boeing company manual 76 Before Takeoff checklist has one item.