When preflighting an airliner...

[Captain Kevin 586]

19 hours ago, Chock said:

One last thing, when you commence the pushback, once the wheels start rolling, look at the tires again and make sure there is nothing wrong, there is the bit that was in contact with the ground when you did the walkaround which you could not see before, but now with the wheels rolling, you will be able to see that part of the tire.

If you ever see a pilot do it that thoroughly on a one hour spin (like I do), let me know, because I've never seen one do that lol

If I ever see a pilot inspecting the plane as it's getting pushed back, I'd start to get concerned. That said, most of the videos I've seen with pilots doing the walk-around usually happen when things are taking place around the aircraft, like the cargo loading, catering, and refueling, at which point, none of those doors would be closed anyway.

[FDEdev 955]

 

1 hour ago, Captain Kevin said:

If I ever see a pilot inspecting the plane as it's getting pushed back, I'd start to get concerned.

+1 LOL,   btw,  it's not the tread that's so important since the cuts can be so deep and wide that you can stick a large screwdriver into the tread damage and you are still good to go.

It's the sidewall damage that's most important, and that's what you should check during a walk around.