COMMUTER CAPT RPTS ON AN ALLEGED COMPANY POLICY THAT DOES NOT CALL FOR A PREFLT CHK OF THE FLT CREW'S OXYGEN MASK DURING THE INITIAL COCKPIT CHK.

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THE COMPANY POLICY AND PREFLT APPROVED BY THE FAA DOES 'NOT' FOLLOW A SAFE PRACTICE. OPINIONED? YOU BETCHA; WITH STRONG CONVICTION AND EXPERIENCE. MY CARRIER HAS OFFERED AND REQUIRED THE USE OF LIFE SUPPORT EQUIP; SPECIFICALLY THE USE OF OXYGEN MASK AND SMOKE GOGGLES; ON 2 OF THOSE OCCASIONS. BECAUSE MY BASIC TRAINING LONG BACK; MY INSTRUCTOR HAD THE FORESIGHT TO DEMAND THAT I 'ALWAYS' CHK THIS EQUIP DURING PREFLT; NOT WHEN IT IS REQUIRED FOR USE. THANK GOODNESS I HEEDED HIS DIRECTION AND INSTRUCTION. TOO BAD THOSE WHO WRITE AND APPROVE THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE DID NOT HAVE MY INSTRUCTOR. 3 OCCASIONS AT MY CARRIER SUPPORT HIS POS WHICH I AM PASSING ON TO ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. TWICE; WHILE PREFLT; THE SF340; ACTUALLY THE SAME ACFT DURING 2 SEPARATE DATES; THE CAPT'S MASK WAS WITHOUT THE GOGGLE VENT. THE JUMPSEAT MASK WAS WITH THE VENT. HOW LONG HAD THIS ACFT HAD THIS DISCREPANCY. HOW MANY OTHER ACFT HAVE THIS DISCREPANCY. I EXPECT THE POLICY TO BE CHANGED AND MANDATORY FLT CREW OXYGEN MASK DONNING BE MADE PART OF THE PREFLT. BECAUSE THIS IS LIFE SUPPORT EQUIP; THIS MATTER SHOULD BE EXPEDITED.