2 things. Making check OR recording it?
AFAIK there never was a regulatory requirement to make a written record and a sentence similar to the above was always there. Don’t quote me without checking though.
True, during the
Implementation Phase, many CAA’s mandated a written record of the altimeter system check which was done before entering the RVSM airspace, in order to allow auditing whether it was done. That’s understandable and correct.
Horses for courses, is that the saying? The urge to get rid of it strongly corelates with what is prescribed.
My present airline:
On Ground: altimeter readings on-side announced by the PF during briefing
In flight: verbalized x-check during after takeoff C/L
In flight: verbalized x-check at fl270 and written record (includes STBY)
In flight: verbalized x-check during setting the landing QNH in the descent.
All the rest just normal scan.
Not perfect, but well bearable. BTW the manufacturer’s guidelines for reporting a snag on the altimeters’ system have limits more strict than the RVSM protocol.