Originally Posted by Turin
Are some of you actually saying that you, as commander of your a/c, will depart from the gate with fare paying passengers on board, without cross checking that the fuel uplift is within tolerance.
I am shocked!
If the gauges show what the release says they should show, we're good to go. We also don't start the engines by hand any longer, nor check the oil in each engine prior to departure.
Shocking indeed, although nowhere near as shocking as the kind of money we do this for.