Never having flown a 737 I cant comment on the specifics of the checklist, but for a pilot to not check cabin diff/rate of climb when passing through every five/ten thousand on the way up without having to read it from a checklist shows how far that common airmanship is being replaced by "Babblespeak" , as one previous poster said its a bit like having to read a checklist to tell you to check behind before running up to high power, such things should be ingrained from day one in a pilots training.Judging by my e mails and the number of responses to my rant,it would seem that many experienced crew members share my frustration with this stuff, thank you all for your input. Regards, Clunck.