Originally Posted by JetRob
Does he have the authority to just blurt this out? I mean even the cabin crew were suprised, shouldn't they be notified first? To tell us.
Yes he does: He is the captain. We had to wait at BLK after a report of fumes in the a/c last October, but the decision was to carry on with the same a/c to Malaga - The capain game us a complete explanation as to the smell of fumes in the cabin..
Originally Posted by LPFR
I don't think I would like to hear that after 40 min in the air and more 2 hours to go
With 2 hours to go you can bet your boots that the fault was minor, otherwise the captain would divert the a/c to the nearest airport, he would have no desire to die.