Yip. Two minute walk around because there is not enough time to read all the notams and do a seven minute walk around and depart on time.
However the “incident rate” is already vanishingly small. Thanks mostly to alert crews and ground staff.
I agree but I think it’s pretty obvious that the pilot group and probably the flying public would like to see the small incident rate get smaller. To achieve that I think we should start with your observation about alert crews and ground staff, how could we build on that? I think by ensuring their workload is manageable and that topical hazards are regularly discussed in a formal setting. It would definitely work, but how much would it cost?
This pitot incident beggars belief given previous occurrences. A simple matter to check the covers are on board.
What seems so clearly to be a simple task, is in fact the opposite, impossible. The covers are in a tarmac room or a van or a push back tug.