Fact is that more often than not, THIS Capt DID do the exterior preflight in bad wx. He was CRM before it began.

Has anyone used a poncho to pre-flight in the rain?

I have a rain-coat on order, but it looks bulky as **** and I'm afraid that alone will take up 80% of my rolla-board's space.

I guess you got lucky then. That must have been a relief

I just explain to the captain that if they want the preflight done, they can go out in the rain and do it themselves. Then, when they're done, I send them to get me a cup of hot chocolate.

So no poncho wearers? lol

Suppose it was a silly question . . .

What an odd thing to do on your last day...

I've got a Poncho in the rollaboard if the poop hits the fan, but in over a year of preflights, I have never gotten wet LoL

I actually thought today would be my first - but the rain turned to snow just before our bird taxied in - lucky me

Poncho seems to be the best idea IMO. The trench style rain jackets are nice and I've spent the big bucks to get a nice one, but the thing takes up alot of space,wasn't a big deal with my corp. gig when I could just leave it in the coat closet, but now that I'm going to be living out of a "22 rollaboard, and swapping A/C space is going to be a premium.
So all that said I will be packing a poncho and saving my extra space for more important things.

Suck it up.

Be an Aviator. Wear the Leather.