Originally Posted by
DaveJ75
My comment was aimed at the poster who implied that a remove before flight flag was an adequate attention getter! History shows that to be a sadly ineffective barrier. I'd be surprised at the aircraft achieving an initially successful take-off via one intake but I agree with the rationale of what you say - it's often surprising what causes an accident and the interaction of such things even more so.
Dave. Reading the post left me with the impression that because the cover was red it wasn't obvious to either the groundcrewman or the pilot especially with a red flapping flag.
BkSmith