Itīs just not that easy to say no, if you know, that your no is a death penalty for someone.....
As others have said.... YES it is.......
As SASless has not yet said on this thread:
Ass----Tin----Ticket
This is my first mantra, we can mitigate risk to save to one of 3 levels.... I can save my ticket, or I can risk a little more and even save the aircraft and then mitigate more to even save my life...
Ultimately one is judged by what people say at your funeral, or what is said about you on anonymous forums like PPrune or worse yet Justhelicopters. My second mantra is "what will they say about me"... And to make it clear again... Should I go in an aircraft accident-- I insist it is discussed on this forum without the condolences... Our biggest learning tool is learning from other peoples mistakes.... Mrs "Gordy" will not be offended, and has been primed to expect the worst, and SASless will be the prime leader/moderator. of the thread.