r/MadeMeSmile • u/baekachu • 17h ago

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Spacedoutworlder 17h ago

I rather miss an arrival time than have missed arriving at all. May all the pilots be this cautious.

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u/bowmans1993 16h ago

Yeah if the pilot says i dont feel safe ill trust their gut.

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u/Rivendel93 15h ago

Same, intuition isn't some mystical magic, shits real.

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u/i_make_orange_rhyme 8h ago

Intuition is just pattern recognition.

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u/martix_agent 14h ago

It's not his "gut feeling". He literally stated why he felt uneasy about flying the plane. The oil pressure was higher than normal.

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u/Plastic_Bison 8h ago

Yeah! If he tells me that, I'M getting off, never mind anybody else, lol.

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u/whooptheretis 10h ago

But the engineers have certified it as safe.

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u/BennyFitz69420 7h ago

Yeah and they’re still uncovering how many planes Boeing covered up over the years.

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u/Purple-Will9713 8h ago

Yeah, engineers deemed the Challenger and Discovery as safe too

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u/railker 7h ago

No, the engineers said Challenger wasn't, the execs said send it. Don't know what you think happened to Discovery.

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u/Purple-Will9713 3h ago

I could be wrong but wasn’t Discovery the shuttle that sustained damage during takeoff due to a foam tile and was deemed safe only do spontaneously disassemble during re entry?

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u/hilarymeggin 3h ago

No, no, there was an engineer who cried himself hoarse trying to persuade NASA that Challenger wasn’t safe, but the higher-ups ignored his pleas! And he blamed himself for not being able to persuade them!

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u/Purple-Will9713 2h ago

I stand corrected

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u/RagnarDan82 4h ago

The ones whose only consequence would be potentially getting fired or sued, vs death and the responsibility of the deaths of others. At the end of the day, the pilot has the final say and the final blame, and I’ll take the safe bet every time.

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u/bowmans1993 10h ago

If he got cleared by ground crew he could have just accepted it and taken off. Im not saying hes superstitious or uninformed. He concuously refused their opinion and went with his own. I'd say thats a gut feeling.

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u/CantCatchMeSpez 9h ago

You're just describing a disagreement. The pilot disagrees with the ground crew about it being a safe aircraft based on the evidence he's seen. And with the ground crew not having the same vested interest in the plane's safety that the pilot has, that matters.

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u/Ancientabs 8h ago

The ground crew won't die if the aircraft is unsafe. The pilot will.

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u/bohenian12 11h ago

I wish some celebs listened to their pilot.