Ian Johnston wrote:

Personally, I think the best idea is to work out a personal check
list, where each item appears as a result of thought and decision.
And, of course, discussion with other pilots and instructors,
intelligent reading of accident reports and so on.

!!!!

Absolutely. I'm a big fan of teaching pilots to evaluate their own
weaknesses too. They make checklists which focus on the things
they are likely to do wrong. I have three pilots who fly one
partnership aircraft, and they all use their own custom checklist.
Two are long and pedantic, one is shorter and much more focussed,
but each works well for the personality of the pilot.

And from this thread, there have been some excellent points, but
it seems clear we all use different checklists based on our
varying needs and aircraft...

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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA