A319 pilot is concerned with the revised checklists and flow patterns during preflight; taxi.

Attributes
ACN	703774
Time
Date	200607
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 17500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	703774
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

We have moved several items on the first officer flows from after start flow with aircraft stopped to a heads down on the taxi out. Can you say runway incursion? There are several others that require input from the captain but has been put on the first officer flows adding overall workload. And all this is accomplished with no real training except on computer at home and a manual update we have been reading and doing while operating the aircraft. This confirms my suspicion that the FAA oversight is lacking or politically correct.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 PLT IS CONCERNED WITH THE REVISED CHKLISTS AND FLOW PATTERNS DURING PREFLT; TAXI.

Narrative: WE HAVE MOVED SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE FO FLOWS FROM AFTER START FLOW WITH ACFT STOPPED TO A HEADS DOWN ON THE TAXI OUT. CAN YOU SAY RWY INCURSION? THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT REQUIRE INPUT FROM THE CAPT BUT HAS BEEN PUT ON THE FO FLOWS ADDING OVERALL WORKLOAD. AND ALL THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO REAL TRAINING EXCEPT ON COMPUTER AT HOME AND A MANUAL UPDATE WE HAVE BEEN READING AND DOING WHILE OPERATING THE ACFT. THIS CONFIRMS MY SUSPICION THAT THE FAA OVERSIGHT IS LACKING OR POLITICALLY CORRECT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.