AC 120-71B

Advisory circular · Standard Operating Procedures and Pilot Monitoring Duties for Flight Deck Crewmembers

Approved
January 10, 2017
Last reviewed
August 15, 2024
Cancels
AC120-71A
Family
AC 120-71 · 3 versions
Revision
B
14 CFR parts
121, 135, 91, 125

Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed November 22, 2025.

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Appendix A A-3

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A manual of guidelines -- E-Version. Retrieved from NASA website: http://humanfactors.arc.nasa.gov/opdoc-workshopIV/Opdocfinal.pdf.

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration, & Federal Aviation Administration.

(September, 2015). ASRS Callback: A checklist (Issue 428).

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration, & Federal Aviation Administration.

(March, 2014). ASRS Callback: Checklist checkup (Issue 410). Retrieved from:

http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/callback/cb_410.html.

• UK Civil Aviation Authority (2006). CAP 676: Guidance on the design, presentation and use of emergency and abnormal checklists. Retrieved from http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP676.pdf.

• UK Civil Aviation Authority (2013). Monitoring Matters - Guidance on the Development of Pilot Monitoring Skills: CAA Paper 2013/02. Paper produced by the UK CAA Loss of Control Action Group.

• Veillette, P. R. (May, 2006). A non-error resistant checklist. Business & Commercial Aviation. Retrieved from: http://aviationweek.com/awin/non-error-resistant-checklist.

• Veillette, P. R. (January, 2012). Give e-checklists an A+. Business & Commercial Aviation. Retrieved from FAA website:

http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/Northwest255/E_Checklists.pdf.

• Veillette, P. R. (August, 2008). The benefits of proper checklist design. Business & Commercial Aviation. Retrieved from: http://aviationweek.com/awin/benefits-properchecklist-design.

• Veillette, P. R. (August, 2007). The problem of checklist errors. Business & Commercial Aviation. Retrieved from: http://aviationweek.com/awin/problemchecklist-errors.

• Veillette, P. R. (May, 2006). The what and whys of good procedures. Business & Commercial Aviation. Retrieved from: http://aviationweek.com/awin/what-and-whygood-procedures.

• Veillette, P. R. (May, 2006). The who, what, when of your SOPs. Business & Commercial Aviation. Retrieved from: http://aviationweek.com/awin/who-whatwhen-your-sops.

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