Howzabout "Clear to left wingtip" by Capt/lhs occupant, and "Clear to right wingtip" by F/O or rhs occupant?
Most F/Os I fly with are not ex-military and don't seem to appreciate the "enemy", in the form of civil airport ground traffic, can appear at great speed from ones aircraft 4 o'clock or 8 o'clock.
If I can't see F/Os right ear, nor he my left ear when we look out, then the job has not been done properly!
And it permits one to check the LEDs are drooping, so we don't have yet another Madrid or similar accident, though theoretically the "config" warning will save the day?
However, it also stops one taxying without flap which is FDM marker and therefore another visit to "the office" for tea, NO biscuits.............
