The choreographed cockpit sweep pilots run from memory before the checklist even comes out

Flows ensure redundancy in the cockpit.
Flying

Shopping Checklists

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 ...
Aviation Week

Cockpit Callouts: Preflight Checklists Should Not Become Rote

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 ...
Forbes

In Boeing 737 Max Review, American Pilots Say Plastic Cockpit Checklists Don’t Always Work And Noisy Alerts Can Distract

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. As airlines prepare to return the Boeing BA 737 Max to ...
Flightglobal

Boeing's MCAS test did not simulate other cockpit effects

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 ...