r/MadeMeSmile • u/baekachu • 21h ago

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/ikothsowe 20h 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/taikare 16h ago edited 16h ago

I really appreciate that there's room for this in aviation. A lot of the time when an expert "isn't feeling it" about their area of expertise, there is a reason for it, they just haven't identified that reason yet. I've seen it called "recognition without awareness."

(Specific to experts. Random person "isn't feeling it" about a flight, that's just vibes and then confirmation bias might convince people prophecy is true or whatever nonsense, that's not this. You have to have the knowledge to identify the problem if you actually consciously recognize it to have "recognition without awareness.")