I'm just wondering whether in BA the flight crew still carryout the pre flight or just a walkround and sign acceptance.
EU-OPS1 AND Part M clearly states what the pre flight should include. For whatever the reason, undoubted multiple human factor induced errors ensured in this case it wasn't it wasn't.
Maybe BALPA should actually consider the maintenance aspects and pressures engineers are under and provide more thoughtful statements rather than unhelpful statements that they have put out.
Still it was a miraculous landing considering it's practiced every 6 months in a sim. Maybe some more practical on the line should be included with weather thrown in.