Originally Posted by
NZNV
I thought I get an opinion from the peanut gallery about a situation I had as a passenger. I won't give out what airline but it was a CRJ. The aircraft arrived about 1 hour prior to the departure and there was a crew swap. It was raining out. The next crew was delayed and arrived at the aircraft about 15 minutes after scheduled departure and found a tire that needed to be replaced. Now my question comes that had the previous crew done post flight walk around wouldn't they have found a tire that was bad enough that it needed to be replaced? I have a few thousand hours in the CRJ and wasn't very happy this was left to the next crew as my experience is that bad tires are obvious. Post flight should be as thorough as pre-flight, aren't we are all on the same team?
If the tire had a leak it's possible and very likely that it happened on the landing which could mean it wasn't noticeable on the taxi in or at the gate. That being said at CHQ we do walkarounds between every leg as well as when taking a new aircraft or retiring one for the day. I actually enjoy it since it gives me a moment to stretch my legs after being cramped in that cockpit.