Originally Posted by
APFPilot1985
I seriously hope the FA didn't call during the takeoff roll. While good CRM includes all members of the crew and an FA shouldn't hesitate to alert the cockpit of something major during the takeoff (although almost anything that would cause an abort would alert in the cockpit) something like a ceiling panel can wait until 10Kft.
Agree that the ceiling panel can wait until 10k ft (and it did), but I'd much rather have the FA alert the cockpit and have them make that decision than the FA. However...
Originally Posted by
PDXNRTLHR
The FA used the phone at the jumpseat to alert the pilot. IIRC, her words were "Stop the plane!"
Originally Posted by
APFPilot1985
Wow, that is a brain dead move if it really happened during the takeoff roll. She needs to be retrained on CRM big time.
+1 to
AFPilot1985. That's not the right way to alert the cockpit, IMO. They need to know what's going on so they can add it to the other factors (speed, amount of runway left, etc.) and then make the decision on whether or not to abort.