Well (hypothetically) A pilot who was "untouchable" in the organisation developing delusions of omnipotency?. it does happen ! I would certainly want to check out if the FA had genuine concerns first.
Or to put another angle suppose you were FA on the germanwings flight and you thought the captain was about to loop out . If the plane was on the ground how might you ensure it did not continue on its next leg.
I am not suggesting that any such thing was the case here . Just that possibly the FA quite rationally and ethically felt that pulling a landing chute was the only option at the time (rightly or wrongly). It needs to be considered and checked out before the book is thrown at them or they are declared insane.
Imagine (once again hypothetically) that you felt you had to leave your job because in some way safety was being compromised. Would you not feel guilty if you just quietly left? Wouldent you want to make some sort of final attempt to get the organisation to wake up on your way out.
Last edited by phylosocopter; 16th Apr 2016 at 01:30.