Originally Posted by
OvertHawk
As a pilot i'd love to be able to say i'd have spotted this but i'm not certain i would have (and any pilot who is "certain they would have" is kidding themselves - really!)
Folks... have some humility. Everyone can have a bad day and make a screw up. Do not for one second imagine that you are not one of them.
You are quite right.
Let those without sin….
That said: I’d like to think I would pick it up. One of mine, and I’d expect most pilots, preflights is to carefully Inspect each blade for damage, including “hangar rash”. (Almost impossible to miss with down swept tips like on an AW189)
Don’t rush your preflight, no matter what time pressures your Company puts you under in the name of “maximising profits” (“Sweating the assets”)