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Old 2nd May 2019, 09:24
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Miles Magister
 
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This is good advice. I was always taught to say "Full, Free and Correct movement" as SOP. In the good old days when the world was in black and white we used to have a crew chief on a long lead who used to call the movements of the controls as we did the checks on every flight. I once had a chief who stated that he thought the rudder was not moving properly, we scrubbed the trip and found that the rudder was not rigged correctly thus proving his value.

This is not the first time that controls have been mis-rigged after maintenance, if indeed that is what happened, so you must check. I have always done a thorough check with one pilot outside looking at the control movements after maintenance because that is what I was taught to do by a wise old pilot many years ago but I have often seen looks of contempt from other pilots when I do it. The professional pride that I was brought up with is often lacking in today's environment.

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