Engineers slam Virgin on Safety Pt2
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To add to the complexity of the situation........ can anyone explain how VH-VOC departed Syndey this morning with a reported "severe rattle below captains windshield"???? Turns out that a pitot cover was still installed!!!! Understandably, people make mistakes and minor things can be overlooked, but this is an absolute joke....... whoever's doing preflights in Sydney needs to rethink what they're doing.
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Goes back to what I said earlier here. The sign on time has to allow plenty of time to do an initial pre-flight and 45 minutes just does not cut it when all the other duties are considered. Doesn't matter whether an engineer has already been around the ship, taking off with a pitot cover, or gear pins, still installed, is ultimately the pilot's fault. Unless of course someone came along and fitted them AFTER the preflight, but that's a bit far-fetched even if you do hate the skipper's guts.
