i've told my favorite fa's all my little secrets for safety and they know what to look for...trouble is that some of them sit in places that they can't see anything meaningful.
I once complained to a pilot for not putting flaps down while taxiing to 10left at KSFO...I was in back and mentioned it to the fa's...she went up and came back and said: its because they haven't done the checklist yet.
anyone who knows KSFO would be aghast...it takes forever to get to 10 left, especially from the area near 1right/left.
But the flaps came down and I shook my head...and if you guys out there are thinking it was because of snow or ice...you've never been to San Francisco.