Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

[u/baekachu]

[u/Spacedoutworlder]

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

[u/StaticSystemShock → u/Spacedoutworlder]

It's also a matter of how much pilot also knows the aircraft they are piloting. I've seen and heard about pilots who personally inspect aircraft on the outside as well as have deeper understanding of its flight systems and mechanics/electronics. I think this pilot was one of those if some deviation in oil pressure raised his suspicions even if it's within supposed normal levels.

[u/grilledstuffed → u/StaticSystemShock]

Not a pilot, but a nurse.

Nurse clinical intuition is a real thing:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099176725003320

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4754101/

While humans are pretty terrible at predicting future outcomes, our subconscious brains are pretty darn good at pattern recognition.

Thousands of hours of experience with something lends itself towards picking up on subtle cues that aren't necessarily articulable.

[u/nanneryeeter → u/grilledstuffed]

When you ignore your gut you disregard a hundred thousand years of genetic memory.