Oh yeah, he would have done it. . .depending on how passionate he was about it. The pilots don't care about money or time, they don't pay the bills, so they will hold up a flight. It's their job. (Didn't you notice before every flight the FAs say "Our toilets are fitted with smoke detectors?). But the answer is, that he very well might have. . .I remember last year an AIH A330 was like a day late for a routine check and the captain refused to fly it, causing a 2 day delay for the passengers culminating in a subcharter!!!! The moral is, a captain will do what is safe, really.
[This message has been edited by SFly (edited 08 April 2001).]