A pilot I respect told me my preflight checks were getting too routine and I needed to 'look at the plane like you've never seen it before'

Karen Thomas · 2026-03-15T02:05:06.086631+00:00

I started physically touching each inspection point instead of just looking, and found a loose static wick on a Cessna 172 that I would have missed.

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A pilot I respect told me my preflight checks were getting too routine and I needed to 'look at the plane like you've never seen it before' | Aircraft Mechanics - The Community Guide