Mxsmanic wrote:
Ron Wanttaja writes:

I believe the Brits refer to their licensed mechanics as Engineers. Hence, the
call would mean that the aircraft is mechanically ready.

So would this be a reference to the ground crew? I heard it just
before they started to taxi, on a cockpit video, and if I recall
correctly the ground crew had just disconnected.

They are probably just checking that the plane was properly released by
maintenance (i.e. they have the release paperwork on board). Different
airlines probably do this different ways. In the military there is a
specific form that says the plane has been released by the last
mechanic who worked on it and is presented to the captain.

-Robert