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Old 6th Jan 2011, 00:46
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Yea, I guess I have not been clear, trying to be sarcastic and funny instead.
I am having a hard time thinking that the captain did anything wrong.
He got a fire warning, the plane had had several maintenance issues in the recent past, he decides to land the plane, does so, then evacuates the plane, rather than have everyone sit on a, very likely, burning plane, and he gets in trouble for this?
As I said earlier, can you imagine the repercussions if every time a pilot "saves" lives by landing and evacuating the plane he get's in trouble?
I can just imagine a pilot who hasn't got quite the nerve to declare an emergency, because his pay might be docked, ends up in a disaster. And then what do the people "in the office" do?
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