Originally Posted by Ricky Whizz
Hey The Passenger,
The reason that some may sound condescending to you is that we are fed up to the back teeth with the press and passengers who think that they know something about flying second guessing our every move.
If you read the press you will notice that other professions have the same "problems", too. It is called democracy!
This is our profession. We take pride in doing it well. NOTHING that these guys did was unprofessional or unsafe. Some days you end up declaring an emergency - that's the way that flying is.
And some days you obviously end up declaring an emergency that would not have been necessary if you had returned to the departure airport...
You have a strange point of view calling "flying a Boeing 747 thousands of miles in an 'unairworthy condition'" (according to U.S. government documents/International Herald Tribune) "professional" and "safe"!
So why was BA fined $25000 then - for flying "professional" and "safe"???
Don't fly with us - you will not be missed.
Your company will not be missed either.