![]() ![]() They should not be altered without referring to the manufacturer's flight operations department. ![]() Checklists reflect the experience of the aircraft manufacturer and of its operators over an extended period of time and countless flight hours. ConclusionsĬhecklists, both normal and non-normal, are important assets that assist the flight crew in the safe and proper operation of the aircraft. These are items that are time critical and must be accomplished from memory before referring to the QRH for the further management of the prevailing contingency. Some non-normal procedures (such as the recovery from an unusual attitude or flight with an unreliable airspeed indication) include "memory items" that could also be called "survival items". Indeed, non-normal procedures usually include pre-conditions (conditional action steps) that must be assessed and mutually agreed by both crewmembers before proceeding further. Read-and-do lists usually relate to non-normal (abnormal and emergency) procedures for which a cockpit flow pattern performed from memory is not suitable. On some aircraft models, activating a prompt allows annotating the item as being "checked". ![]() On aircraft equipped with electronic checklists, when crew actions are completed the checklist items may be automatically sensed by the system and erased or the colour of the checked item may change. Specific critical items are checked /cross-checked using a challenge-and-response checklist, whereby the pilot-non-flying/pilot monitoring reads the items to be checked and the pilot flying confirms the proper status/configuration of the appropriate items (e.g., altimeter setting, flaps position, ground spoilers arming, etc.). Flight-phase related actions are performed from memory following a cockpit flow pattern. Discussion/ConsiderationsĬhallenge-and-response checklists usually relate to the normal operation of the aircraft (normal procedures) for each phase of flight. Checklists (normal and non-normal) are usually bundled in an easy-to-use Quick Reference Handbook (QRH). "Checklists" (whether challenge-and-response or read-and-do, whether paper or electronic) constitute tools that support flight crew airmanship and memory and ensure that all required actions are performed without omission and in an orderly manner. The term "checklist" is often is used to refer to two different types of documents : ![]()
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