B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Type 2418
Distraction; Situational Awareness
No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types
General None Reported / Taken
Chart Or Publication
The new after start and before takeoff checklists are faulty. The new procedure requires flap configuration via flow; with no reference to take off data. It then requires an insanely detailed before takeoff checklist to be conducted during taxi out; with the result being the First Officer being heads down for an extended period and the taxiing Captain unable to properly and safely taxi and monitor what the First Officer is doing. The flap position is only checked during this long before takeoff checklist while the Captain is taxiing.The new checklist is a human factors disaster. The taxi should be treated as a sterile environment; with both pilots paying attention to the aircraft movement. Any required call outs; such as a before takeoff checklist; should be brief and to the point. It is this reason that many pilots are treating the new checklist as a threat to safety and only doing that before takeoff portion 'above the line' while parked with the brakes set.
B757 Captain stated he is unhappy with the new before takeoff checklist; asserting it is a 'human factors disaster.'