Originally Posted by CBreezy

Because we artificially place operational pressure on ourselves to get out on time. The best way to trap errors is to do it the same time, every time. Doing flight plan review in the gate area outside of your normal flow is actually more likely to cause things to be missed than doing it in your seat like you do 90% of the time.

But I do find it interesting that saying I wait until I'm in the airplane to do my airplane flying job is somehow me saying I'm better than everyone else. That actually sounds more like projection than anything