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Old 18th Jul 2006, 02:58
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gaunty

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We're very good at praising crew who decide to push on but shouldn't we also praise the crew who make the 'tough' call to get off in the belief that they won't be fit in a bunch of hours time!
The "tough call" in my very humble opinion is the REAL command decision and what they get paid the big bucks for.

We are actually paid largely to evaluate and make decisions NOT to "do things" when often to just "lets go see". is the simplest/easiest/most effortless/and so on way.

Fully engaged or not one must wonder at the folly of "going" given that the assumption would "have" to rest 100% on the remainder of the flight being 100% trouble free.

Dunno 'bout you, but I can just about see through the Swiss cheese from here.

Pilot engagement per se with any employer is also a slippery road to hell.

Dispassionate "engagement" is a very tricky balance and relies in total trust by the employer in those judgements and vice versa. Maybe I've gone round in circles here, but you know what I mean.
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