Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Time Pressure
No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Airport; Company Policy; Human Factors
The 45 minute check in is not long enough to conduct a safe and thorough preflight. Not if you follow the checklist in the iPad. Add to that KCM [Known Crewmember security check] being closed (+10 mins) Farthest gate in the terminal; a major winter storm at your destination; and two computers unable to print flight papers because of an error. Adds up to a crew delay every time; including this flight. The co-pilot going to the jet to get it ready while the Captain does all the preflight paperwork by himself is UNSAFE; but is becoming the EVOLVING SOP at this company.
B757 Captain laments the 45 minute check in for the first flight of the day as insufficient for a variety of reasons.