Originally Posted by
jumpseater
FOD is everyone’s responsibility to report and prevent. Airfield inspections are done regularly and include the manoeuvring areas, aprons and fence lines. Each airfield will have it’s own procedure.
Airfield (not just taxiway) inspections are carried out routinely at least twice a day with extra inspections added such as prior to the commencement of night flying, after there has been a burst tyre or birdstrike, when a runway or taxiway is brought back into use after maintenance, any type of incident has taken place.
As jumpseater says above, each airfield will have its own procedure whether it's done by the aerodrome authority (civil) or by ATC (military). I remember at Glasgow we would be sent out every day for a PAPI/VASI check as well.