Hey guys, don't focus on me. I agree with all you say and I said right from the beginning that I do watch and listen to the briefing so don't lecture me about that. My point is simply that the gentleman concerned has, to my understanding, not broken any law or contract of carriage. Consequently, I'm not sure that the crew had any legal right to throw him off. That's all I'm saying.
WHBM,
I wonder what your approach would be if the crew said "Hey ho, we've done the checklist 100 times before, we'd never missed anything, so let's not bother with it, off we go" ?
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Exactly! Which is why I comply, as I stated above. Did I not make that clear? Nevertheless, your example is a poor one. Using the checklist is a legal requirement and a company SOP.