Turin I do not take it personally as I do not make the rules only enforce and adhere. Until an applicable NAA MANDATE the cowl latching duplicate inspection it is at least in the eyes of the authority not a safety critical item, it is the NAA that mandates not an individual operator, however see my previous post in which I state that if the operator wants to include cowl checks on their pre-departure checklist then it is entirely up to them but nevertheless it is an 'over and above' requirement.