I was sitting in a small regional plane at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport waiting for the go ahead to disembark the plane. As I sat in the airplane I noticed the Captain of the airliner (another small regional plane) next to us walking around his aircraft. He looked under the nose. Then he walked to the engine closest to me and visually inspected it. Finally I saw him go under the fuselage, run his hands on several areas, and continued with his inspection.
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There was a part of me that figured that United Airlines would have someone else who could/would do the visual inspection of the aircraft, freeing up the pilot to do all of his pre-flight preparations in the cockpit. Yet, even if there is someone else who could do it and does do it, I can understand why the pilot would do it also; after all, it’s “his” plane isn’t it? And his life and the lives of the passengers on the flight (like me) are counting on him!
In other words, regardless of what anyone else is supposed to do, he is ultimately responsible isn’t he?
In other words, regardless of what anyone else is supposed to do, he is ultimately responsible isn’t he?
