Originally Posted by
Pinky1987
he felt like he couldn't say sorry I don't want the clearance. Oh my goodness, I am going to bed now. I need to sleep on that statement. I hope I wake up and it was a dream
nighty night.
Haven't you done your human factors? He asked 4 times, switching between 2 different controllers. Do you think that maybe he would have felt a bit stupid turning around and saying "Actually, I'll just go around the airspace"?
Fear of looking like an idiot must rank as a leading cause of death through all of history. (Get-there-itis is one particular sub-genre of it).