Fact; The Regs allow pilots to do walk-arounds and DJ has ammended their manuals to allow this.
Yes, I would PREFER a LAME/AME to "have a look" at the same time as myself, however the regulations as they currently are allow pilots to do the walk around themselves. What is required to change the regs? How can we work TOGETHER to remedy this situation?
Are we in a position to change the regulations? Ask yourself. What does it take to change the regulations?
Personally, if everyone had a full body search, travelled NUDE and without carry-on luggage we could be guaranteed that no-one had weapons! Is this likely to happen? Ask yourself again.
Looks somewhat like "affordable safety" or maybe even ETOPS where we work on the probability of a certain occurrence.
I've said it before - Opinions are like @rseholes. Everyones got one, and they're all different!
