Originally Posted by
Crampedin13A
Exactly. AF crash at YYZ when all the other flights diverted due to the severity of the storm is all the reason I need to err on the side of caution.
Was that policy or judgement?
I know that some airlines including LH (one of the few aspects of LH, I really, really like) let the captains always lean on the safe side. But other such as SQ pace them through all kind of weather to meet the schedule.
While the captain is temporarily in charge they are of course not captain much longer of they do not implement management's policies. As bad as they are ...