Checklists should not be 'flying helicopters for dummies' lists, or a crutch to lean on without which we become lost (no pun intended,) they should used to confirm essential items have been done which will prevent harm if misssed - like the altimeter setting when descending from Flight Levels. NASA research (they don't just fly to the moon, oh actually, they don't do that either anymore!) refers to these items as 'killer items.' Google Degani and Wiener for some of the research papers on the topic.
Ok you got the point. I need exactly this kind of stuff to be provided to different pilots of extremely different experience I fly with.
This means also that we are in a lack of SOP situation. Many of these guys are facing Jeppesen Charts almost for the first time so again yes, I do need something to remind them the basic. It would be nice to have a Checklist that covers all the phase of an IFR flight from the off block to back again to the parking spot. I know there are many around I was just wandering if in the world of the rotorheads there were any already tailored to a turbine helicopter, so not dealing with flaps, air mixture and so on, yet covering what should be both in an SOP and in a normal "your style" checklist.
As last, there are more dummies in the air you can think about and this doesn't mean we don't have to help them to become professionals sometimes passing through obvious things.