Originally Posted by
Rolf
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Justdoinmyjob seems to say that Delta has the same procedure? I'm not sure why you think having a ramper walk around the aircraft before push is a bad idea? I've even had them catch something that the FO overlooked on his preflight. Tell your ramper friend that their efforts are appreciated and put yourself in for a TOTD nomination for derailing a good thread.
WN foregoes any pilot from doing the walkaround during any turn except for first flight of the day for the crew. That is the rub.
All other carriers differ from WN on the procedure.