Originally Posted by
Mandrake
When a pilot pops his head in and says "hey guys I'm bob with xyz, they gave me a seat in back, here's my ID and the captain copy slip" are you guys really saying "Whoah Whoah Whoah ice man let me see your medical and atp"? For the record I always have it ready to go but in my experience this has been like 1/100.
In my experience I'd say 33% of the captains just wave me off without glancing at the paperwork, 33% give the paperwork a cursory check, and 33% actually do check everything.