So I am supposed to rely on an unreliable source from the cabin? When I have got a perfectly good flap gauge? And God forbid after this thread, we are going to have fools pelting up to the flight deck and hammering on the door 'flaps are not down!/'I can see ice on the wing!'/'have you seen that storm out west!'/'there's a panel open on the wing!'. No way, I wouldn't have it! It will be utterly ignored.
Sadly, CC are many times their own worst enemy with actions as Rainboe has described.
I personally have no tolerance for such nonsence.
If CC have proven reliable in some circumstances, they will be listenened to....otherwise totally and completely ignored.