Pedals2Paddles
Cleared for Takeoff
There are less than intelligent people in every occupation. And in every occupation, even the best and brightest will make a mistake now and again. That includes line services, aircraft pilots, airport managers, bank tellers, waiters, doctors, nurses, air traffic controllers, etc.
I would submit that a history/trend of bad service at any given FBO has a lot more to do with management than it does the line service techs. That starts at the top and works its way down. The ones that routinely screw everything up do not last at an FBO where responsibility and intelligence leads from the top on down.
Perfect, good, bad, or ugly really has no bearing on you being the final authority and PIC. You should no sooner assume someone filled the tanks than you should assume there is oil in the engine or assume all the rudder linkage is intact skipping the preflight. Checking the critical components of your aircraft is a task unto itself that has nothing whatsoever to do with anything else.
I would submit that a history/trend of bad service at any given FBO has a lot more to do with management than it does the line service techs. That starts at the top and works its way down. The ones that routinely screw everything up do not last at an FBO where responsibility and intelligence leads from the top on down.
Perfect, good, bad, or ugly really has no bearing on you being the final authority and PIC. You should no sooner assume someone filled the tanks than you should assume there is oil in the engine or assume all the rudder linkage is intact skipping the preflight. Checking the critical components of your aircraft is a task unto itself that has nothing whatsoever to do with anything else.