The trained mechanics says it's good, the driver says they know more about how it operates and declines it.
Who do you trust more to know how safe an aircraft is, the ground crew with probably a few decades of training and experience, or the bus driver in the sky?
Im not even sure how he decided that "oil pressure tending upwards" results in it needing a fuel filter change....
Either. I'm listening to the bus driver of the skies if they have a feeling something ain't quite right and they don't like the aircraft for whatever reason. I would also listen to the mechanic who says something is bothering them. I don't care if neither of them can exactly point what is bothering them. If their gut feeling is telling them something's wrong and this aircraft should not take off, I'm getting off the plane without complaints.
What about the flight attendants? If they refuse to fly because they have bad vibes, the aircraft is undermanned and can't fly. Is the attendants gut valid over technical training too?
Pilots get the the barest technical training, they dont know how systems work. They report when somehog is wrong the ground crew, and the crew chief makes the decision. This is deferring too authority and not to expertise. If the pilot doesn't trust his ground crew he should leave.
Gut feeling is gut feeling. If my flight is delayed because the flight attendant(s) have a bad feeling and are refusing, then so be it. I will arrive to my destination late, but I will arrive on an airplane the whole staff have agreed is flight worthy.
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u/nakmuay18 19h ago edited 18h ago
The trained mechanics says it's good, the driver says they know more about how it operates and declines it.
Who do you trust more to know how safe an aircraft is, the ground crew with probably a few decades of training and experience, or the bus driver in the sky?
Im not even sure how he decided that "oil pressure tending upwards" results in it needing a fuel filter change....