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Originally Posted by Nick  The pilots are sitting there waiting for the cabin to be ready. Heck, I'm doing that and we only have to de-plane 50 and board 50 people, no different from the CRJ you flew. |
How 'bout the beginning of your duty day? I used to see it in JAN all the time because we parked right next to SWA. The PM crew showed up in the afternoon to take a plane that had a 20 minute turn scheduled. The copilot actually waits down on the ramp so he can do the quickest walkaround I've ever seen as soon as the plane pulls in, and he starts it before the engines are even spooling down! Then he needs to rush upstairs, get settled, get the ATIS and clearance, program the box, CA has to brief the FAs, etc... It's ridiculous.
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the walk-around can be waived
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And this is exactly the kind of stuff I'm talking about. Waiving a preflight to get a flight out on time is BS. My Chief Pilot would beat me with a rubber hose if I didn't do a preflight.