Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

I just don't understand what it is they are trying to accomplish with this. Maybe it's different on other airplanes? On the 88, the agent has to come within a few feet of the cockpit when the door is closed anyway. If the agent has to deliver the updated weather, etc. to us anyway, then how does signing the release and leaving it at the gate save any time as opposed to just handing it to the agent when he/she hands us the updated wx, etc.???

This seems like a recipe to me for problems where the door is going to get closed without us first getting what we need or giving our concurrence with closing it.