Originally Posted by
Denti
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.
Or it’s an easy finding for an over officious SAFA inspector can’t find anything else? It would concern me if your airline is having multiple inspections in a short period - almost that it’s targeted.