Originally Posted by Cubdriver

All I was saying is the puppy dog approach to borrow Richie Lengel's phrase, is probably the best way to handle any inspector making a routine inquiry on light matters. That's common sense. If an inspector is a prick then what can one do about it in such cases, and they do exist hopefully in small numbers.

I actually witnessed a POI at a new hire airline class who qualified squarely as the most arrogant prick I ever saw. He went in front of the new hires, announced he had just seriously violated a captain for what sounded like minor paperwork discrepancies involving MEL notations, passed his badge around the room and then said welcome to my airline, I am out to get you all- are there any questions? He then turned and left. All were stunned, including the class instructor. I have never seen anybody as arrogant before or since. I hope/believe he was an exceptional fellow.