Originally Posted by
757Driver
Duly noted but as pointed out, you're completely in the minority on this as no other airline does this anymore. Perhaps its day has come and gone and some of the UAL types are just to proud to admit that it really serves no purpose?
I launch all the time despite the 5 pages of Notams in there as does the entire rest of the industry and do it in way less time than you've indicated.
Quite frankly if you're so concerned about every single detail listed in the paperwork, might it be safest of all to never leave the warm, comfy confines of the hallowed FPA and just stay on the ground?
Sorry, but he is not in the minority. You are not reviewing all the paperwork and betting your ticket every time you do that.
I have caught quite a few things that dispatch either did not see or never looked at. That is what we are paid to do. For the last 25 years, I just can't seem to do a preflight in less than 20 minutes, and that is if nothing goes wrong and I'm not interrupted. Doing a preflight and flight papers in that time, I'm skeptical.
if you do the job the FOM requires us to do, no interruptions, or distractions, you can do it in the allotted minimum time, barely. If you manage to do it in less, you are cutting corners--my experience.
Arguing because no one else is doing it is not a valid point. That's what got NASA in trouble with the space shuttle. It worked before! Serves no purpose, reviewing flight papers, weather, notams? Yes, I am one of those UAL types, and will continue to be one.