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• 倍金萬
• 2022/02/17 (Thu) 09:18
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I see. I am referring to the pilots themselves getting off the ground and walking around under the aircraft before departure to inspect every part of the aircraft, but that is optional for the pilots, and I have heard that they stopped doing that a long time ago because of the risk of baggage trucks and the like on the ground.

The weather here in LAX is fine, but in the winter in places like JFK in NY, the outside temperature can be below freezing, and when the weather is blowing snow, or even at night, the pilot who is about to fly will be physically injured. The morning I left JFK in 1971, the temperature was 18℉.

Also, the pilots have to board the plane with the CAs for a briefing and a long list of checks in the cockpit before the passengers board, so I don't think they have time to relax on the ground and inspect the aircraft.

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• 2022/02/17 (Thu) 12:18
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> I'm talking about the pilots themselves getting off the ground before departure and walking around under the airliner and inspecting every part

I'm talking about that too.
I mean, there is no other way.

I don't inspect for long periods of time, tens of minutes, if I said that, no one would be able to work on the ramp.

I inspect them, especially in cold places, De I check them properly to see if they need icing, etc.
Briefing with the FA takes only a couple of minutes.
I don't inspect them leisurely in the first place.

> I heard that they stopped doing this a long time ago because of the danger of trucks bringing in cargo on the ground.

This is another mess. No one would work on the ramp if it were that dangerous to be so close to the aircraft.
Who told you this nonsense ？?

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2022/02/17 (Thu) 17:34
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Good Day Travelers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWaYGIUgfzs&t=140s

http://skyshipz.com/pilot/b012.html

• 倍金萬
• 2022/02/18 (Fri) 08:54
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＞ Who told you this ridiculous thing ？

decades ago on the Internet

"In the past, pilots used to come down to the ground to inspect the aircraft before departure, but since various vehicles are moving around the aircraft on the ground and the personnel involved in these vehicles are also working on the aircraft, the pilots may get injured.

"In the past, pilots used to come down to the ground to inspect the aircraft before departure, but since there were various vehicles moving around the aircraft on the ground and personnel working on them, there was a possibility that the pilot could be injured, and depending on the weather conditions outside, the pilot's body could also be affected, so they stopped doing this inspection immediately before departure.


The following Q/A says "sometimes it is done".



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NO, not all airline pilots do a walk-around for every flight.

At my airline, At my airline, maintenance personnel do a "Pre-Departure Check" before each flight from all main bases on all wide body aircraft, B777, and B787)

The PDC includes:

1) a walk around

2) a check of critical systems

3) a signature in the Journey logbook

As a result pilots very rarely do a walk around on a wide body aircraft. If it were an ETOPS flight, we would also have to make an entry in the If it was an ETOPS flight, we would also have to make an entry in the Journey Log Book stating that the APU oil level was checked by noting the EICAS APU Oil Quantity reading.

In addition to the In addition to the maintainance walk around, the ramp crew also does a quick walk around inspection just prior to push back.

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• 2022/02/18 (Fri) 10:19
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If you read it on the Internet a few decades ago (!?!), you are not listening to it. \If you read it on the internet, then you haven't heard about it.

And just below the Answers quoted
Yes, pilots of airliners do a walk around to visually check the aircraft before every flight, just like A quick YouTube search brings up quite a few videos which explain the process.

I'm not sure if you've been through ？.

I don't know if all airlines also have pilots check the aircraft at the ramp, but at least my company does it every time.

You also wrote that you don't have time for that, but you know that there is more than one pilot.

Therefore, you wrote

at the beginning of this article, the pilot is hanging around under the plane before departure to check for any abnormalities, but I don't think any airline does this these days.

is false information written from your imagination.