Jim_R
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Jim
In my case it's because:I have often wondered for the past 40 years of flying WHY pilots leave their hangar doors open while they are out on joyrides. I see it all the time. Don't understand it at all.
(a) I don't have anything in my hangar that anyone could take or mess with,
(b) Our hangars are designed so that open doors don't affect other hangar bays,
(c) There are enough gaps under/around the doors that there's always grass clippings and other debris on the floor regardless of whether the door is open or closed,
(d) The doors are pretty heavy and there's some non-trivial time and effort involved in opening and closing them.
Thus, there's absolutely no reason to bother closing them if you're going to be back in an hour or two.
In my case, I'd think that someone who felt a compulsion to close his (empty) hangar's door every time he went up for an hour maybe had OCD or something.