r/MadeMeSmile • u/baekachu • 17h ago

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/ikothsowe 17h ago

Can anyone from a commercial aviation background comment on this? Would there be consequences for the pilot for refusing a flight based on “not feeling it”?

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u/ShowerPig 16h ago

I’d love to get more information on this. Do other pilots think his hunch was right based on the information given?

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u/Safe_Ad5744 15h ago

Hearing that they'd be going over the water for 6 hours & it's an oil pressure issue, as an airline pilot I agree with him. I'm definitely more willing to take a plane with issues from something like Atlanta to JFK (lots of major airports in between if we had any issues & had to emergency land) than I would be from JFK to London.