Originally Posted by
pltemrah
Hello everyone,
Just need your feedback about one thing. My airline had a lot of recent findings during SAFA checks. Basically the findings were about "pilots not checking cargo holds from inside."
I am frustrated cause I have never done that or seen any other pilot doing that during outside checks.
So my question is;
1. Do you do it?
2. Do you think the findings are fair?
It depends. In a previous airline it was indeed part of the normal walk around to check all cargo holds, in my current airline it is the responsibility of the ground handling to check the holds and the ramp agent has to sign that on the loading form. We get no findings for that as the check is done as per the ground handling manual.
If your airline does not have any general agreements with its ground handling companies and proof that those cargo hold checks are done, those findings are correct.