Introduction.............................................................. 4
 

An Inquiry................................................................. 6
 

Checklist or Written Narrative?..................................... 8
 

Checklist Stigmata.................................................... 11
 

Checkboxes of an Earlier Era....................................... 12
 

Checkboxes in Contemporary Reports........................... 14
 

The Checkbox Titles................................................... 17
 

   Inspected, Not Inspected, Not Present...................... 17

   Repair, Defective and Deficiency............................... 17

   OK, Safety and Hazard............................................ 20

Qualitative Checkbox Titles to Avoid............................ 22

   Serviceable............................................................ 22

   Good, Satisfactory, Marginal, Poor or Unsatisfactory ... 22

How Many Checkboxes?.............................................. 25
 

     Figure 1 – TREC REI 7A-1 format............................. 25

     Figure 2 – “Repair” added....................................... 26

     Figure 3 – “OK” added............................................ 26

     Figure 4 – “Serviceable” added................................ 27

     Figure 5 – “Safety” added....................................... 27
 

The Checkmark.......................................................... 29
 

Common Symbols........................................................30
 

     Information.......................................................... 30

     Attention............................................................. 30

     Danger................................................................ 30

     No...................................................................... 30

Conclusion................................................................ 31