PUB DEFICIENCY RPTED BY ACR FO IN CHKLIST DESIGN AND SUBSEQUENT CHKLIST USE.

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ON 12/X/93; OUR AIRLINES INSTITUTED NEW CHKLISTS FOR ALL ACFT; WHICH CONSIST OF WDB'S - LGT'S MLG'S OLDER '3- HOLER' LGT'S WILL BE AT A LATER DATE.) THE REASONS FOR THIS DRASTIC RE-WRITING OF THE CHKLISTS ARE: (1) TO EXPEDITE TAXI FROM THE GATE AREA BY ELIMINATING AN AFTER START CHKLIST (WHICH IS ACCOMPLISHED WHILE STOPPED) AND PLACING THOSE ITEMS ON A BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST (WHICH IS ACCOMPLISHED WHILE MOVING). (2) TO 'STANDARDIZE' ALL FLEETS IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY FUTURE TRAINING PROGRAM REDUCTIONS. THE RESULT HAS BEEN A DISRUPTION OF PROVEN FLOW PATTERNS AND ELIMINATION OF CRITICAL CHKLIST ITEMS. BOTH OF US ARE MLG PLTS AND HAD NOT FLOWN FOR 3 WKS; SO WE TOOK OUR TIME. THE BEFORE START CHKLIST WAS VERY DISJOINTED AND DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH. PREVIOUS FLOW PATTERNS AND CALL-OUTS; WHICH HAD BEEN DEVELOPED OVER SEVERAL YRS; WERE DISRUPTED. ON THE BEFORE PUSHBACK CHKLIST; THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE NOT AWARE THAT WE NOW HAD A NEW CHKLIST ITEM (CABIN PREPARATION) WHEREBY ALL BAGS MUST BE STOWED BEFORE THE ENTRY DOOR IS CLOSED. HOWEVER; ON THE CHKLIST; THE 'DOORS...CLOSED' IS BEFORE 'CABIN PREPARATION...COMPLETE'. AFTER STARTING ENGS AND WHILE TAXIING; WE ATTEMPTED TO DO THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST AND FOUND IT DIFFICULT; IF NOT HAZARDOUS; TO ACCOMPLISH WHILE MOVING. THE CAPT MUST CHK ITEMS ON THE OVERHEAD (GENERATORS; ANTI-ICE; PITOT HEAT) AND BOTH PLTS MUST ALIGN THE COMPASSES WITH THE WET COMPASS AND CALL OUT THE HDG - ALL WHILE MOVING. WE WERE SO CONFUSED THAT WE FORGOT TO GIVE THE FLT ATTENDANTS THE 'PREPARE FOR TKOF' ANNOUNCEMENT. THE FINAL ITEMS ON THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST ARE NOT CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE; BUT ARE DONE UNILATERALLY BY THE FO. THE JUSTIFICATION IS THAT THE CAPT IS BUSY TAXIING; HOWEVER HE WAS BUSY TAXIING WHEN HE WAS DOING THE PREVIOUS ITEMS! AFTER TKOF; WE NEGLECTED TO TURN ON OUR CENTER TANK FUEL PUMPS AND TURN OFF THE APU; BECAUSE THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE CHKLIST. ON DSCNT; BUMPY AIR ALERTED US TO TURN ON THE SEAT BELT SIGN; OTHERWISE WE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN IT; BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER ON THE CHKLIST.