Originally Posted by
Capt Quentin McHale
I was reliably informed (pre Covid) that two operators that use BNE quite regularly use their own engineers (not contractors) to install/remove said pitot covers. Once the covers are installed, a maintenance entry is made in the aircraft logbook and when the covers are removed the log entry is cleared and Captain informed. If the log entry is not cleared the aircraft DOES NOT MOVE.
Rgds McHale.
That is certainly the case at Virgin mate.