On walkarounds

"Ramapriya" wrote in message -
Do commercial passenger airlines have someone other than the pilot
perform the walkaround of the aircraft, if at all? And how important
is the walkaround in commercial jets?

Most airlines require that a crewmember perform an exterior inspection
before every leg. It is important to do this because the previous crew may
have scraped a wingtip or struck the tail and you don't want to be blamed
for their poor airmanship. Additionally, if it is a sunny warm morning
without an APU howling, I'll do the walk-around just to find something to
razz the mechanics about.

D.

I do a lot of big jet flying and have seen the flight crew inspection
many times. Obviously it's not the same as a GA preflight- alieron
hinge checks, rudder movement, etc, but they look for the big stuff.

Here is some interesting info:
http://www.swiss-aviation-training.c...pilotday-2.pdf
http://www.pilotmentors.homestead.co...csAirline.html

A good website for airline career stuff:
http://www.jetcareers.com/

-lance smith