Passengers boarding an airliner often catch a glimpse of the flight deck before the cockpit door closes to see pilots reaching across the instrument panel, touching switches, adjusting knobs, and ...

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Pilots have a wide array of checklist options, ranging from simple photocopied POH pages and commercially printed cards or booklets to advanced digital solutions on handheld devices or integrated ...

Pilots should not be complacent when running through the preflight checklist, the NTSB says. Credit: Yacobchuk/Getty Images At times, pilots have made "rote" callouts—acting out of habit rather than ...

Pilot errors, often caused by forgetting critical items under high workload or distraction, are common and can lead to serious accidents. Checklists are vital safety tools that should primarily be ...

But the inquiry says execution of the checklists was "unable to be completed" owing to increased workload and distraction from air traffic communications. "The unfinished [checklists] made it ...