thinking about this i can come up with only very few times when a captain would be able to refuse a mission, something along the lines of it being ordered in an illegal way. in what instance does someone have the right to refuse a mission? i know people will jump in and say when it means, for eg, the potential loss of the aircraft and crew. does that mean that the captain has the right to refuse to go? i dont really think so. i guess my point is that maybe its not a matter of people having the b*lls to stand up and refuse to do something but whether they even have the right to do so when ordered. feel free to steer my thoughts in a different direction.