Pitot tube maintenance
Porker1 wrote:
Pitot tube maintenance regime to be increased to every 6 months rather than every 18 months as is currently the case;
I'm somewhat baffled by this whole pitot tube maintenance issue. I'm sure one of you professionals will set me straight though.
If the pitot probes are that critical of a component, with several other systems relying
on the pitot system input/output, it would seem to me that even 6 months is pushing it.
I don't know where I read it but allegedly the pitot probes on some aircraft were discovered with a bee's nest in it. And I don't think it takes that much time for a bunch of bees to construct a nest.
Is it that difficult or time-consuming to, say, check the pitot system before each flight? Or is it just not that simple?
Thanks in advance