Originally Posted by
immolated
It's about to get worse. The last standards meeting announced a policy change coming that mandates FOs do all walkarounds. During past OE it was taught that PM does the walkaround unless discussed otherwise. But apparently there were instances where the jetbridge got pulled with no one doing the walkaround since the FO just assumed standard, and the old school capt didn't brief otherwise. Usually this is handled during the first leg brief, 90+% of the time capt says I'll get your walkarounds and everyone goes about their merry day.
And I know....base/category dependent, strong opinions on various fleets/bases, based on the 10+ page heated debate on walkarounds we had last time this topic came up. And there are still a few here who insist Capt must be in the seat at all times to put out their imaginary fires at D-50 and can't handle a 5 minute walk lest the mission fail 😜
Grenade tossed...
The FOM got updated. It does not mandate the FO does the walk around. It standardizes that the FO normally does the walk around but it does not preclude the Captain from doing it as time allows.
Just observation, in this time of prosperity for the Legacy airlines, it seems like we have had an uptick of complaining about petty issues. Complaining about 330A schedules, complaining about FA PAs saying we've been cleared to land at 18,000ft, complaining about be too junior to get multiple Silver Slips.
Talk about first world problems. Imagine if real economic struggle hits the US like much of the world has dealt with on a regular basis because their Govt doesn't have the ability to turn on the money printer at the slightest sign of trouble?