Malmö Aviation Avro RJ Normal Checklist

[smashingjonor]

Hello,

If anyone's looking for a real normal checklist, you can find one here:
https://flightsim.to/file/85278/avro-rj-complete-checklist-malmo-aviation-scw

I'm not the author of the checklist but I can vouch for it's accuracy as I have access to the original checklist.

If anyone has any questions about the Malmö Aviation checklist or SOP, I'll be happy to answer questions as I've been taught a lot about the normal procedures by a real pilot who flew the RJ for Malmö Aviation and BRA.
I might not have answers for every possible question, but at least for quite a few of them.
And for the record, I don't see the harm in revealing company procedures in this way as Malmö Aviation doesn't exist anymore and BRA don't operate the RJ anymore.

A lot can be said about this checklist as it has a different structure than the ones you usually find online, which are more heavily based on FCOM Volume 3 Part 2, which is the manufacturer's normal checklist.
Most of the FCOM items are covered by the SOP and checklists, but might be done in a different order.

Flight Deck Safety is performed in a read-and-do manner.
All other checklists except for the Before Take-off checklist are preceeded by a scan flow.
Don't automatically go for starting the APU here - it burns fuel and causes noise! ;-)
Delay the APU start as long as possible if you need it for AC power during push-back.
You might need the APU to keep the cabin temperature acceptable during winter ops though or in high ambient temperatures.

The commander would normally do the walk-around inspection before the first flight of the day, which means that the co-pilot had to switch on power prior to the commander reading Flight Deck Safety - CMD.
The item HANDLING FREQUENCY.....MONITOR in Flight Deck Safety - CP checklist requires the avionics masters to be switched on first or you won't be able to tune in the local handling frequency.
Assuming single pilot ops, I would say that you should do the following in order for the procedures and checklists to function:

1. Perform Flight Deck Safety - CMD
2. Switch on master switches, left to right.
3. Push the MWS GRND OP switch (if it was pulled and illuminated) so that you can check the attention getting in the APU FIRE test.
4. Perform Flight Deck Safety - CP

Flight Deck Originating contains all the steps you do from memory, but is split up.
Because you won't find the complete scan flow in any video, I will show what it looks like below in a picture I put together:

As you can see, the co-pilot does most of the Flight Deck Originating checks.
On the overhead panel, the commander will check that the fire handles are in and the leftmost side of the overhead.
This is intentional as the commander was meant to have a better overview of the departure process instead of pushing a bunch of buttons in this phase.
The idea is that you perform the checklist items from memory in the order that they are passed in the scan flow.
Although the commander responds to most of the Flight Deck Originating checklist challenges, most of the items have been performed by the co-pilot, which might sound a bit odd from a Boeing SOP perspective, but that's the way they did it.
Sometimes, you might have to deviate from the scan flow, for example you won't be able to test the CVR on the left side console before switching on the avionics masters.

The areas of responsibilities on the checklist don't always match the scan flows unlike Boeing SOP, but since most of us fly this bird single-pilot, it doesn't matter that much.

There are some differences to the manufacturer's expanded checklist.
One of them is that the AC pump is switched off when climbing through FL100 instead of the PTU, and then switched ON when descending through FL100.
The reason for this is that on some of their aircraft, the AC PUMP ON annunciator on the CSP wasn't installed.
This meant that the AC pump could be operating without the pilots knowing about it and potentially get worn out.

Finally, EXT AC.....OFF isn't mentioned on the Leaving Aircraft checklist, though it was added later.
You will have to do this one from memory.
As you exit the flight deck, also switch on the ground service bus.

I put the following guide together to clear up some things

The term Monitoring pilot is not a typo, this is what they called the pilot monitoring.

Below, you will find a scenario that details what checklists to read on each flight:

You can find some relevant videos from AeroPresentation on youtube, just search for malmö aviation cockpit and you'll find some cockpit videos (though they are mostly in Swedish).
Ask me if there's something you don't understand as Swedish happens to be my native language.

You can also use the BRA Avro RJ100 videos from AirClips as reference since BRA kept most of the SOP, checklists and pilots from Malmö Aviation.

If there's enough interest, I might write a document containing scan flows and the expanded checklist or make a series of videos.
Obviously, info coming directly from real pilots will always be far superior to anything a non-pilot like myself will ever say, but until an ex Malmö Aviation or BRA RJ pilot decides to educate us, I'll share what I know for those who are as passionate about those airlines and the RJ as I am. :-)