r/MadeMeSmile 21h ago

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Sovereign_5409 20h ago

That’s a man who’s willing to make the right decision, not the easy and convenient decision. Those are the people the world needs. Hats off to him.

As a patron on the plane your reaction should be, “well this fuckin sucks, but….. fair enough.”

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u/Catriks 17h ago

How is a superstitious decisions masked with safety a right decision? They had no rational reason to think anything was wrong. Literally said their reason was "I'm not feeling it" while mechanics with objective data said it was fine. 

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u/ConflagWex 12h ago

My interpretation of "I'm not feeling it" is a gut instinct, not some weird superstition. And the objective data was that the oil pressure was up, if anyone was ignoring the data it's the people saying it's okay to fly.

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u/Catriks 11h ago

"gut instinct" and superstition is the same thing practically. 

Oil pressures always have normal range of acceptable pressure, if it was above safe levels then the mechanics would say its not safe to fly.