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Old 30th Sep 2012, 21:13
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DADDY-OH!
 
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As alien a concept as it may be for you to grasp, we ARE trained to carefully inspect vital docs such as Loadsheets, NOTOC's, Tech. Logs, Flight Plans, MELs, CDL's & a whole host of other paperwork both industry standard & particular to an airport, country, operating authority or charterer.

In addition to studying for & passing exams in Aviation Law, Navigation Theory, Nav. Plotting, Met Theory, Met Practical, Instruments, Radio Aids, Flight Planning, Morse Code, Gas Turbines, Piston Engines, Theory of Flight, Flying Controls, Performance Groups A, C & E, Type Specific Technical Examinations (all with either 100% required pass marks or an archaic Penalty Marking System) General Flying Tests (3 of), Instrument Flying Tests (including extensive scrutinised flying of a twin engined aircraft with one 'shut down'), demanding & stressful simulator conversions & checks where career progression & continuation is on the line, line training sectors where 'Choppers' can end a career easier than it has started, demanding first jobs, sometimes flying knackered aircraft, at night in all weathers just to gain enough experience to join 'The Lo Costs' or Beach Fleets where we can be separated from our families or too knackered on days off to enjoy quality time off with our children whilst paying off around £100k of debt amassed while conducting the training that has blessed me with a job where I frequently get as little as 12 hours notice of a duty change, few weekends off & treated with a rapidly reducing amount of respect by passengers, non-flying management & the general public alike who seek to undermine our already diminished authority as Aircraft Captains. So I think we can & indeed have already spotted 'irregularities' on paperwork made by tired, overworked, underpaid, undervalued, p*ssed off Groundstaff, because we are an increasingly growing number of tired, overworked, underpaid, undervalued, p*ssed off PROFESSIONAL pilots, engineers & ATC'ers.

Did I mention we are also trained in CRM?
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