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I took no oath to be an airline pilot. I took one to be a soldier in the United States Army and was very , very proud to make that oath.
I think passengers presume way too much. There is no airline pilot oath, like a doctor's hypocratic oath.
The FAA has made many more mistakes than just letting a kid repeat, like a parrot, a clearance for takeoff.
IF the PASSENGERS want us to take an oath...fine...I am all for it...but you as passengers will have to pay more for your ticket as that oath comes with a price.
Pay for an upper middle class lifestyle for me and my small family within 1 hour driving time of my domicile/base airport parking lot.
A promise that I will have an honorable retirement for me and my family when I hit a lawfully mandated retirement age.
That the airline I fly for maintains the planes with proper mechanics in the USA
And that the airlines hire really good looking girls to be FA's.
the last one is optional I suppose, the others are not!