What is a pilots checklist called?

In aviation, a preflight checklist is a list of tasks that should be performed by pilots and aircrew prior to takeoff. Its purpose is to improve flight safety by ensuring that no important tasks are forgotten.



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The before-takeoff checklist is nothing but another name for a pre-flight checklist. The fact is that this name makes it clear that the tasks in the list must be completed in full before taking off. However, the name before-takeoff checklist is more commonly found when a pre-flight checklist is created in segments.

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"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.

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However, common items on a pre-flight checklist to keep an eye out for include the following:
  1. Weather status.
  2. General status of the aircraft.
  3. Aircraft wheels, doors, wings, and propellers.
  4. Necessary documentation following the ARROW mnemonic.
  5. Necessary licenses.
  6. Certificate of airworthiness.
  7. Fire extinguishers.
  8. Life jackets.


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Before each flight, in addition to the checks the engineers complete, one of the pilots will always conduct an exterior walk-around of the aircraft to ensure that they are happy with its condition.

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• DOORS TO ARRIVAL AND CROSSCHECK Meaning: Occasionally heard as “disarm your doors and crosscheck,” and announced by the lead flight attendant or purser as a plane approaches the gate. The intent is to verify disarming of the emergency escape slides attached to the doors.

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It is the pilot designated as aircraft commander for the forthcoming flight who must determine who carries out the duty. It is quite common for aircraft commanders to decide to carry out the external inspection prior to the first flight of a particular flight crew duty period themselves.

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A pre-flight inspection will entail a careful examination of the cabin, the aircraft's nose and propeller, the engine, the empennage (tail section), and the right a left wing leading edges and trailing edges.

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