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Old 25th Apr 2012, 07:28
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judge11
 
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Abbot and Sciolites........spot on.

We've all done first flight checks and found switches out of position after the engineers have worked on the aircraft.

Yes, it would be nice if they did put them back in the correct position but repsonsiblity for making sure that everything is in the correct position and is working when those thrust levers are moved forward rests with the flightcrew and ulitmately the person occupying the LHS.

On my current aircraft, pressurisation settings and switching is checked in the FD Safety Checks then the Before Start Checks then the ATO Checks (as well as my 'scan' after the FO has told me Safety Checks are complete and that dying 'art' called airmanship with a check of the pressurisation every 10000').

It comes down to training, supervision and company culture, all 3 of which have to be questioned in this case.
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