Originally Posted by
pineteam
Yes you can assume it has be done. Same as you assume the loadsheet has been done accurately or that the maintenance has done all his duty as a good professionnal. We don’t go and check the loading or engines by ourselves. We trust them!
Would disagree with you here. FCOM, or any other manual for that matter, doesn't tell you to calculate your own loadsheet nor does it tell you to go and check the loading or engines; however, it does tell you to perform the APU fire test.
Trust is valid when something is not a part of your procedure. When it is, you cannot
assume it has been done.