Pre flight question
Any company require climbing up and uncowling the engines during preflight? When we were in Italy (2005) we were not permitted to uncowl anything (it was a maintenance function), and told there was no reason for the pilot to climb on top of the aircraft. The reason I ask, for the past 3 years I've preflighted the aircraft from the ground, never climbing on top, and never uncowling the engines. I was "turned in" for not preflighting correctly. One opinion was to check the engine oil level, ok, so should we also physically check the TGB/ IGB / MGB ? The FM calls for checking for leaks period, I can do that without uncowling. Any thoughts?
Last edited by tcvennen; 3rd Aug 2008 at 17:32.