Of course, I also think that the mechanics that ceritfy planes fit to fly should be forced to get on them, as well.
This, after having a flight delayed for "Mechanical Difficulties". I was watching a couple of mechanics work on something on the nosewheel assembly (not much else to do in a podunk Airport at 8pm). One looked at the other and pointed to something. The other gave an elaborate shrug.
I turned away. Couldn't watch anymore. LOL!
My husband is a commercial pilot, so I know what you’re talking about.
Perhaps it was around the year 2000 when our flight arrived at our destination at a layover city. We (flight crew) left the Boeing 737 plane and went to the hotel knowing the plane would be ours in the morning. I remember, as we were leaving, the foreign cleaners (they did not speak English) arriving.
Back on the plane in the morning, the pilots noticed that several settings in the cockpit were not the same as when they left the night before. Concerned, they had the mechanics check it out. Within 30 minutes we ready for boarding and off we went.