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Old 17th Apr 2016, 08:39
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Just This Once...
 
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After an incident where the elevators were damaged during a night strip engine running offload (mover having to work with nonstandard kit) there was a recommendation for a control check following cargo ops to be added to the RAF checklist. Unfortunately the chain of command comment was that the movers shouldn't drive into the elevators and there was no change to the FRCs. Shortly afterwards there was a major scrape of a tailplane in AFG, requiring a replacement to be fitted (not an easy or quick task), thankfully during the day.

The cheese holes have been lining-up on this for years and having made the recommendation years ago I still grumble every time I see heavy equipment being operated close to primary flying controls with no mandated flying control check beyond 'airmanship'.
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