You are right;it was precisely this.
I did own up, however, to my ignorance (post 133). . .
. . .daresay, September 11 had an influence in his considering 'ways and means'. . .very sad.
Except for the pilot, identified as 15-year-old CHARLES J. BISHOP of Palm Harbor, Flal, there were no deaths or injuries in the Tampa crash.
It seems that it is common practice to have students do thier OWN pre-flight checks, un-supervised, so this was a piece of cake.