Originally Posted by
davidsfo
I'm sure someone knows the answer to this.......is it the captain or company dispatch that decides whether to go/no go when there is a non-safety issue with the flight, i.e. long intl flight and entertainment system isn't working and will take a while to fix at the gate, or only half the meals got catered for F/C?
Must be the pilot, judging from the incident I experienced IAD with AA. The coffee machine wasn't working so the pilot ordered maintenance to fix it before we could depart. This was during the labor dispute when the pilots were delaying flights for any BS reason they could find. I'm sure if Ops could overrule them they would have.