Preflight Planning Dispatch Checklist

In aviation checklists are ( legally: Clear list) used to ensure flight safety. Before flight maneuvers such as takeoff or landing, but also for incidents, the pilot controls the aircraft checklists works from, make sure that all settings are correct and nothing has been forgotten. For aircraft that are not only guided by a pilot (eg many airliners ) reads just not pilot flying (PNF / pilot not flying / pilot monitoring) the checklist before and just pilot flying (PF / pilot flying ) operates the points from. In emergencies (or all non- normal states ) of the PNF takes depending on the current workload of the PF if necessary, the implementation of the checklist items. Typical cases in which checklists are used, for example, pre-flight check and takeoff checklist.

Experienced pilots know their checklists by heart, yet most checklists are always read and control the execution of each point. This is to prevent that by routine, stress, or inattention important points to remember even if the pilot the processes actually " as in sleep " command.

There are some checklists that pilots who control an airplane alone, must know by heart. These are usually located which are processed in critical phases of flight to short checklists, eispielsweise the "Final Checklist " shortly before touchdown, or " Climb check" shortly after takeoff. A pilot of the aircraft is flying alone, has read the checklist in these phases of flight, no capacity, his attention is the view to the outside and on the instruments. On checklists, the portions which are abgearbetiet heart usually marked with a bar.

In a crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 in Little Rock was a small mistake of the pilots significantly to the death of many people in when they were distracted by a storm and so the automatic brake device is not activated.

Checklists are often still used in paper form, but are also available electronically at EFIS / glass cockpits.

Many airlines checklists are always completely processed: If execution (eg by an incoming radio message must first be processed ) is interrupted, it must be worked through from the beginning to ensure that no items are overlooked again.

There are checklists for normal operations, but also for incidents. The latter are intended to prevent the pilots overlooked in responding to the security incident or something to incorrect treatment. So there is a checklist for landing gear problems ( checklist Abnormal Landing Gear Extension). The checklist for engine failure ( Engine Failure Checklist ) to ensure, among other things, that not the wrong engine is turned off.

There is also a so-called QRH ( Quick Reference Handbook ) by you can read all the important checks for normal procedures CITYcard, as well as incidents.