comply to directive from company to continue
BA does not direct a Captain. It is the Captains decison on the day. That is what he is paid to do.
After the event, if you make a dodgy decision you may be asked to account for that decision. Indeed the AIB might want to talk to you.
As the Captain the buck stops with you. The Captain is the legal commander. He makes the decisions.
A full or even partial electrical failure is, in my view, a good reason to pan and land.
ROFLMAO.
Yesterday I had a generator failure. Options were to go to Goose or Iqualuit. Both with blowing snow etc etc, Or follow the QRH and continue to destination. No fuss no problem. The passengers never knew, and the cabin crew never knew. Had I diverted, I would now be on the chief pilots carpet, trying to answer some difficult questions.
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