Make the checklist better

The idea is to transform the checklist into a faster and more dynamic process, eliminating visual pollution and adding more value to the copilot.

Create a keybind to initialize the checklist process. Put a voice announcing the checklist and another at the end to indicate the end of the checklist. If it is possible to detect taxi, takeoff, app and other phases to make more checklist announcements, it would be even better. More realism.

Create another keybind so we can automatically turn on or off/buttons indicated in the checklist or say “check” and other kinds of things. This would help the XBOX folks a lot.

Eliminate most of camera changes and simply rotate the view and dial the buttons. Leave camera zooms only for typing things on flight computers, radios or things that are bad for being clickable looking from the default camera position. These blunt changes are bad when you need to get an overview of the aircraft and need to keep a close eye on the outside in congested airspaces.

Prevent the copilot from taking some actions on the aircraft. I don’t remember which aircraft it was exactly because I flew many but there is a checklist that the copilot forced an RPM in a certain phase of the flight (I don’t remember if it was climb, app or cruise). If I am the pilot in command, I make the rpm decision based on what the aircraft manual says and in the conditions which the aircraft is.

And finally, finalize the incomplete checklists for some aircraft.

The checklist feature could be totally great but it is currently too cumbersome to use regularly because one has to click on tick item with the mouse for each step. This could be fixed very easily by adding a controls mapping for the tick item button so that you are not taken out of the flow with every step to click on that button with the mouse!
ATC menu has its own controls mappings, why not have them for the checklist?
Seems like a very easy fix that would bring a big quality of life improvement.

This really is a much needed feature. It would make getting through checklists a lot easier.

Voted!

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Yes please, it’s very tedious when you have low FPS and the mouse control isn’t very pinpoint. We need a keyboard button to tick item and view the next check automatically.

This was solved by the “evaluation mode” already. How ever in 2024 it was removed again. If you like it, vote for it: Copilot reading Checklists - bring back this feature

For the Airbus family, there’s “A320 Checklist Voice”, an app for Android smartphones and tablets. It works very well and includes 16 vocal checklists covering all phases of flight. A demo version is available for testing, and you can find it on the Google Play Store. I connected my tablet to my PC’s audio system, and it sounds perfect. Increase the realism.