Background

Safety is maximized when there is good crew coordination and the flight crew works together effectively as a team. This briefing note discusses the important role of normal checklists in facilitating crew coordination and includes:

• The scope and use of normal checklists
• The factors and conditions that may affect the correct flow and timely completion of normal checklists.

Introduction

Strict adherence to standard operating procedures (Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)) can eliminate or at least mitigate the adverse effects of various operational factors and human errors that can lead to incidents and accidents. The unfailing and correct use of normal checklists is an important SOP and an essential part of good flight crew discipline.

Every flight crew should appreciate the importance of normal checklists and crew coordination.