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Old Jan 27, 2016 | 4:21 pm
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Originally Posted by librarygal
It seems to me that airlines would be much more efficent if they did all the checks of the planes instruments while they are at the gate vs. after they roll back from the gate. Help me understand.

So I am sitting on the plane, waiting to take off, and the two pilots are sitting in the cockpit flirting with the flight attendants not doing much of anything. FINALLY it is time to leave and the plane rolls back from the gate, stops and for about ten minutes it does it's equipment check on the tarmac. This process always seems to take forever. (I know it is for our safety.)

It would seem more logical for the pilots to do the equipment safety check at the gate while they are waiting for the luggage to load, etc. The pilots are just sitting there flirting with the flight attendants anyway.

Why can't they move the process along and do the equipment check (flaps, etc.) at the gate?
Airline pilots, so lazy and surly. You should definitely alert the airlines that you have figured out how to improve their operations so much. No doubt your expertise will be in high demand.
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