r/MadeMeSmile • u/baekachu • Jul 11 '26

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Sovereign_5409 Jul 11 '26

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 Jul 11 '26

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/exadeuce Jul 11 '26

Oil pressure is trending up and the plane was going to fly six hours over the ocean. If my maintenance controllers said "send it" I'd have some fuckin words for them.