Originally Posted by
MaydayMayday
Dont quite understand why you keep equating the paperwork to safety. Just seems like an appeal to emotion with really no evidence that this flights safety was in question... Presumably they weren't in an engine stall for the full 3 hours.
The paperwork allows the pilot to sign off on activities related to the aircraft. This is done on every flight and is typically boiler plate, but when a maintenance issue occurs, more paperwork is generated. A compressor stall can be serious and result in damage to the engine, meaning a return to the gate and a potentially lengthy maintenance check and delay. The paperwork is essentially a checklist indicating that the pilot accepts the aircraft and is safe to fly. So yes, paperwork and safety go hand-in-hand