Preflight/dailly/postflights by Pilots
A number of things must be considered;
*The Mfc of the helicopter/aircraft has written a Flight Manual (FM) for the correct use of the aircraft by the user (Pilot). So all items mentioned in this FM can/must be done by a Pilot. There it stops! either if the aircraft is flying Privat or commercial. I can immagine that on large aircraft flying sheduled and regular flights there is a kind of maintenance doing the turn around/dailly/preflight/postflight or whatever, on the place the aircraft arrives. In my bussiness which is helicopters flying today to Geneve, tommorrow to Paris, Amsterdam, London, etc..... There is nobody to do all of this inspections. Do I have to send a Mechanic, in the seat next to the VIP, to add some oil and perform the PF??? Just think about, if you fly, you have to consider that sometimes you have to climb on your aircraft, it is part of the game!