Working a charter out of Fort Lauderdale last month, a loose cotter pin on a nose gear door made me double-check every single one now.

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Totally agree with you. That is a massive overreaction. Had a similar thing happen with a loose fuel cap once. Spent the next week checking every single cap on the fleet like a crazy person. Wasted so much time. You have to trust the work was done right the first time, or you'll never get anything done.

vera_robinson362mo ago

Wait, you had a loose fuel cap on a whole fleet and you just went back to trusting the work? That's wild to me. A fuel leak is a pretty serious find, not just a loose pin. I'd be checking every cap too after that. The time you waste checking is nothing compared to the time you'd waste dealing with a fire.

uma_williams2mo ago

Man, I have to disagree... that seems like overkill. One loose pin is a fluke, not a sign every single one is bad. Checking a few extra on the same system makes sense, but every single cotter pin on the whole plane? That's a huge time sink for a really tiny risk. You can't let one scare make you second-guess every little thing.

jessica13027d ago

Yeah, because nothing says "safety first" like trusting a fuel cap that already tried to fly away.