Originally Posted by
pilotmike
Seriously???? Why not do it immediately on parking then, before anyone has any chance to open a door, a bay, a hatch? It would be so much easier, 'cos you'd already know the plane was perfectly servicable and safe as it had just flown safely with all the hatches shut and no covers on.
I hope you're joking, but something inside me tells me that you're actually serious about that.
At my airline, in that port, yes.
And yes it's a threat but it is deemed to be a lesser that than the wasp issue. Thus the tech log remains open until the covers are presented to the crew just before pushback.