But I do remember being told to shut up when we were doing line checks.
The doorman opens the valves of the pump on the engine so that water can course through the line, and also helps carry up the hose line, checks it for kinks and feeds up additional lengths of hose.
The routine off line checks validate the satellite data receive chain at ground station only, but the total data receive chain from onboard satellite to ground station can be established using the RTBVS system which displays the online BER reading and helps in evaluating the station performance.
"Younger pilots would seek him for their line checks because he was easy to talk to," the pilot said.
A fellow Malaysia Airlines pilot, who declined to be identified, described Zaharie as a "decent and approachable man" who was sought out by less experienced pilots to observe their final training runs, a procedure known as line checks.
With 2,500 hours of flying time she's good enough to be a head-hunter, an ombudsman, a squadron cop who pulls routine line checks and snap examinations of other pilots. - "I wanted to travel," said Sgt. Laurel Bielfelt, 26, an escapee from clerical work in a Phoenix print shop.
