Man, the rot thing is the part these guys never get, that puck sitting at grade soaks up water and next thing you know the flare is mush and the customer's got a sinkhole where the lawn used to be. I've pulled stumps two years after a flush cut and the root ball came out like wet cardboard, no taproot hold at all. Grinding 6 to 8 deep and chasing the laterals lets the chips drain and you can actually grade it flat after. Those $60 flush jobs end up costing the homeowner way more when they're paying me to fix it later.

Two years ago I would have said the line guys know their planes better than some random passenger, but a cracked disc at Love Field changed that for me. You spotted it before they did, and that 90 second walk-around is the whole reason preflight exists.

Wait, weren't these folders meant to mess with roommates, not actually work? I had a "DO NOT CLICK" folder too and it was just old memes, nothing useful ever came out of it.