Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald

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.