Originally Posted by
jaja
Why not be professional, and consider the aircraft “not airworthy” if you have a “NO DISPATCH” fault during taxi ?
Because a return to the gate can be extremely expensive if for instance the flight is cancelled. Being safe is good but you can’t be overly safe and competitive at the same time. Airlines main target is to make profit. It’s a business. We should not forget that.
How many times have you heard of a serious incident/accident after a crew decided to continue a flight after a « no dispatch failure » during taxi? Must be extremely rare otherwise I would expect that we apply the MEL the way you describe.