Had a new guy at the hangar ask me why we bother with the final walk-around check

Honestly, I was showing him the ropes on a Cessna 172 annual in Dallas, and he said it seemed like a waste of time since we'd already signed off the log. I told him about the time I found a loose oil cap on that exact step, and it clicked for him. How do you explain the real weight of that last look to someone green?

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the_daniel3d ago

Wait, he said that after an annual? That's the scariest time to skip it. You just had the whole thing apart. I found a rag stuffed in a wheel well once on a final walk, left from a brake job. That stuff haunts you.

anthony_sullivan683d ago

You ever wonder how many planes are flying around with extra parts? I mean, a rag is bad enough, but I bet there's a whole lost-and-found box of tools up there somewhere. Makes you think twice about that little bump you felt on climb out.