Will a young (28 year-old etc) Captain accept this airplane, if it is allowed by the MEL restrictions?
Two guys fly the twin-turbofan, non-automated
jet to your layover city. Enroute a generator failed and after the 1 required reset, it had abnormal indications (volts, freqs, loadmeter and annunc. lights), even though the AC cross-tie and DC switches worked just fine. Maintenance tells the local airport Engineer ('mechanic' for Yanks) to 'MEL' it. If you accept the plane, the old APU must run during the entire flight, in order to be a substitute for the MEL'd generator (which accepted the load when you started the left engine at the gate, so that the highly-skilled Engineer can observe).
Your departure city and the enroute skies have no wx radar returns. But your destination has a mixed warm/cold front, low ceilings and the destination airport might only have approaches to one runway available. Suitable alternate airports are at least 30 minutes away. In case you are down to 1 generator and it fails, your emergency power batteries are guaranteed to provide you with power for 45 minutes.
This is the last (fourth) day of your trip and many passengers have fairly tight connections. The other pilot has two young children at home.
What will the young First Officer say to the Captain when he/she notices MEL in progress, if anything? What will the young Captain say to, or ask the FO, if anything?
Most, if not all heavy maintenance on your fleets is 'outsourced'.
Should not the highly-trained, proficient Captain accept the plane?
What should the young Indian or 'European' Captain do?
This was our situation two days ago.