Originally Posted by baseball

I am also an A&P in addition to being a pilot. I wouldn't do a run up at the gate. I have two tickets to lose. I think the Maintenance Department needs to be in charge of maintenance functions. It's their procedures, their policies, their work-cards. MX are the ones who return the aircraft back to service and certify it's airworthiness. It will generally take two, one mechanic and a certifier/inspector to return the aircraft to service.

Once at a 135 operator, a FED told me it was a bad idea for me to sign the MX logbook as an AP in addition to being the PIC. I asked why? His answer: because you are incentivized to get the job done, and to get home. Your attention may be diverted to the prize instead of the process.

Currently at 121 operators, a pilot staffed on the jet cannot do a MX function, even if you are an A&P. The reason I am told by a MX fed is because it is a conflict of interest, and because you aren't on the operators MX certificate.

So, engine run up? MX function or pilot function? I think the add pay for some reason blurs the lines. What if their were no add pay, and it was just a direct order by the CP or ACP, or FODM?