post/pre flight checks
Re Spanners last post,
As an ex engineer and now driver it is noteworthy and perhaps worth mentioning in the distant past, a post/preflight inspection was always carried out by an Engineer, regardless of where the flight terminated/began on the planet.
In the interest of cost saving some pre/post flight inspections are now carried out by flight crew, no less diligently I am sure but perhaps not as qualified to spot something amiss. I would say particularly new pilots with low experience.
I am not aware of any specific training given to pilots to cover this issue.....swiss cheese?
just a thought.