Editing Checklist (section)

===History===
During the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) hearings into the crash of [[Northwest Airlines Flight 255]], [[human factors]] specialist [[Earl Weiner]] testified that he "did not know of any human factors research on how a checklist should be designed". NASA research into the matter concluded that as of 1989, there was basically no human factors research available anywhere specific to aircraft checklists.<ref name="Lau 2023" />

The NTSB recommended that the [[FAA]] investigate ways of presenting checklists that produce better performance. The Safety Board also recommended that the FAA should specify typography criteria for checklists for commercial operators. Researchers found problems with both the physical design and social issues associated with the use of checklists which degrades effective use. Two documents were produced by NASA, {{cite report |work=NASA Contractor Report 177549 |title=Human Factors of Flight-Deck Checklists: The Normal Checklist |first1=Asaf |last1=Degani |first2=Earl L. |last2=Wiener |date=May 1990 |publisher=NASA }} and {{cite report |work=NASA Contractor report # 177605 |title=On the Typography of Flight-deck Documentation |first=Asaf |last=Degani |date=December 1992 |publisher=NASA }}. This was followed by a document from the UK CAA: "CAP 676: Guidance on the Design, Presentation, and Use of Emergency and Abnormal Checklist".<ref name="Lau 2023" />