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    Description

    This checklist is a comprehensive Normal Procedures checklist for the PMDG Boeing 777-300ER, sourcing information from PMDG, the manufacturer, and a range of respected written and video sources. Also included are select Non-Normal procedures.

    Why the colours? 

    The aim of this graphical checklist, is to provide complete procedural detail, in a way that is highly accessible. An FCOM or tutorial guide have detail but are difficult to follow, whilst most checklists lack sufficient detail and skip over key steps. This graphical checklist not only consolidates extensive information, but presents it in a way that even a first-time pilot, can follow along, and know where to look in the cockpit to complete each step. 

    How does it work? 

    There are 11 main colours, any procedure with a coloured cell behind the text, signifies both a location in the cockpit, and an action. Uncoloured boxes represent a check, rather than an action. This means if you want to get flying quickly, just follow the coloured entries, and skip the uncoloured. 

     

    I must give special thanks to all of the following sources for their effort in producing some truly excellent resources that I have had the pleasure of reading and incoperating into this checklist. If any author is unhappy with my usage or referencing of their work, please let me know.

    LEVEL CHANGE by Claudio Fonseca B777 Simulator Guide 02-05-24, ameacademy.com Boeing 777 FCOM, Doofer911 PMDG 777 Tutorials (YouTube), Father Time PMDG B-777 tutorials (YouTube), Captain Nav PMDG 777 Tutorial (YouTube), TheAirlinePilots.com B777 Non-Normal Procedures, Delta Air Lines 777 Quick Reference Handbook. A330 Driver - PMDG 777 tutorial series (YouTube). FilbertFlies TUTORIAL:  PMDG Boeing 777 with a Real World 777 Pilot (YouTube). PMDG 777 Tutorial Flight Tokyo to Sydney.

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    11 months ago

    Gotta say, this is a really refreshing take on checklists. A lot of new pilots dont know where to begin and are in desperate need of a workflow and what you created really satisfies that need. Thank you very much for working on this. Amazing job.
    hughlbAuthor

    5 months ago

    I really appreciate the feedback Nuggetz. For new pilots, a traditional text-based checklist can be difficult to follow, as it relies heavily on reading and interpretation rather than visual or procedural cues. Then further relies on memory retention. Sim pilots often fly multiple aircraft, so I felt colour coding would help us step in and out of cockpits, and learn the processes quicker.

    over 1 year ago

    Hello, first of all, amazing checklists, I use them every flight. I would like to make a suggestion for a couple of things I noticed that fail to be checked in the checklist.

    1. APU GEN - If going the A/C Unit method and not using the APU until start, I had an incident following the checklist switching to the APU and not having the APU GEN on causing power loss. In the checklist it does not have a line for APU GEN Switch - ON. I would recommend having this added in either the Preflight Procedure after Line 17 (APU SPRING SWITCH AS NEEDED / ELSE START LATER (SEE BEFORE START PROCEDURE)) or Before Start Procedure after Line 4 (APU SPRING SWITCH).

    2. L ENG and R ENG PRIMARY Switches - I could not find anywhere in the checklist that covers verifying they are off during first checks and setting to ON during Before Start Procedure. I would recommend adding these two switches somewhere between Lines 24-28 on Before Start Procedure

    over 1 year ago

    perfect, thanks a lot. Good Work!

    over 1 year ago

    This is great content - nicely presented. One comment - given the background is black and there is a lot of saturated colors in the rest, the document is not printer-ink friendly. So this means using it on a device while flying, which, given the number of apps we typically are already using, can be problematic. I guess putting in on my large iPad would be one solution, but physically awkward given all the other hardware that's within arms reach.

    I see that you have addressed the difficulty in doing this in another comments. I would suggest looking at JayDee's Checklist and Procedures PDF's for various aircraft. They are very complete and informative like yours, but he uses other techniques which result in docs that are printable and easy to read. Thanks for all the time and energy you've put into these docs!!
    hughlbAuthor

    over 1 year ago

    Thanks for your comment Brian, and absolutely agree with you, it really is designed for devices. Having said that, they will look great printed and laminated, the latest versions are final, so now would be a time to print if indeed you would like to. I also think JayDee's guides are fantastic, and the orange I use for section headings is the same orange as JayDee, as a little reference to his work.
    I did feel that the compromise was worth it - the vast majority of guides use black text on a white background, so I felt there was room to take a different approach. The other factor to consider is that even with a white background, there is so much colour, that it still remains somewhat print unfriendly.
    The coloured cells opened up such opportunity for more detail in the checklist, whilst still remaining easy to follow. With a checklist like this, it would be so easy to lose your place if glancing between the screen and the guide, especially when it comes to FMS procedures. In testing the latest version, I did a flight in the A320, 777, and 737 on the same night, and didn't get lost procedurally or spatially in the cockpit, which was incredibly satisfying, and that was kind of the point of this approach.

    almost 2 years ago

    Can you make a version without the black background colours? It just to save some ink when I print out.
    hughlbAuthor

    almost 2 years ago

    At this stage, I haven't found an efficient way of achieving this. This is made in Photoshop. Each page is made up of 156 cells, to change the background to white means changing all cells to white. It is easy enough to select all cells and apply a swatch, but because many of the cells have unique colours, I would need to change these individually.

    With the cells changed to white, that leaves the issue of text and cell colour, which would also need to change - yellow and light blue are particularly ineffective on a white background. The text is actually just a single text box for each column, so two text boxes per page. Changing the text colour means individually highlighting each section of text.

    A quick and dirty way to fix this is to flatten the image and invert the colours, which whilst effective, means we have different colour sets for the white version, and again, some colours don't translate well in the conversion.

    With eight pages to make changes to, you can see this would be incredibly time consuming to produce a white background version. I am open to suggestions about more efficient processes, such as simply changing the custom swatches so that every item coloured with a certain swatch is changed to a new colour, but I haven't found a way to achieve this.

    almost 2 years ago

    I tend to like dark mode but this is a little rough to read, any chance you could include a light mode in the download?
    hughlbAuthor

    almost 2 years ago

    At this stage I will only be including the dark version, however I have adjusted contrast values in v002 to make it easier to read on brighter monitors.

    almost 2 years ago

    looking at this gave me a aneurysm
    hughlbAuthor

    almost 2 years ago

    I think there is a non-normal checklist for that.
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    PMDG 777-300ER - Graphical Checklist - Normal/Non-Normal Procedures

    The PMDG 777-300ER Graphical Checklist provides a detailed and structured approach to Normal and select Non-Normal procedures for the Boeing 777-300ER. This comprehensive checklist combines information from various authoritative sources, presenting it in an accessible format with color-coded actions linked to cockpit locations. Designed for both seasoned and novice pilots, it streamlines the flying process by emphasizing key steps with visual aids while facilitating quick reference.

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    Significant revision. All lines have been rechecked against sources to ensure accuracy. Numerous corrections per page. Additional explanation and detail added throughout. Revision of the takeoff and landing procedures for clarity and accuracy. Added ETOPS and Oceanic Procedures. Added new procedures and more detail to the cruise section.

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