Checklist design - another "blue touch paper" subject for me (after CDFA!). Most glass cockpit FW a/c have around 7-10 items in their checklist from wheels up to wheels down. Most NS operators seem to have about 50! Good SOPs, briefings from the chart and ignore fluff that won't kill you (NASA specifically refer to 'killer items' when discussing the subject) is the key. I know those who joined my previous operator from the NS appreciated the change in philosophy although it was a little alien! Checklists are just that - checklists. Not "how to fly a helicopter for dummies" Tolstoyesque epics!
Last edited by 212man; 8th Sep 2013 at 16:46.