DeHav
AND because the engineers are sledging pilots for not doing the pilot exterior inspection correctly.
Disappointing to see you airing your persecution complex over the Engineering Preflights on a totally irrelevant thread. And I'll say again...no-one is having a 'sledge' or anything else derogatory regarding pilots
Also interesting to see you use the term ' pilot exterior inspection' for the first time. If I didn't know better, I'd say you'd seen the light and now acknowledge that an engineering preflight and the pilot exterior inspection are different animals.
Go figure...
P.S. And to throw the cat amongst the pigeons as it were for this thread, the new regs delete the Maintenance release and replace it with 'Return to Service'!
From NPRM0109MS P.19:
EFFECT ON STAKEHOLDERS
'For people carrying out maintenance the proposal introduces new
terminology for returning an aircraft to service. The terminology aligns with other NAA’s requirements and removes the 2-year validity of the existing maintenance release framework.
Registered operators and pilots will see different documents attesting to the serviceability of the aircraft.'
BENEFITS
'The ability for a LAME to state the aircraft will remain serviceable until the next scheduled inspection is not practical. The proposal brings a clearer interpretation of what the return to service actually means.
Standardises the Australian requirements to bring them into
line with international best practice.'
COSTS
'There is no additional cost to this proposal.'
Cheers
