Originally Posted by
readywhenyouare
I'll side with the NTSB and FAA. They were livid with the LGA incident. The captain kept everyone in a very dangerous situation by keeping them onboard a plane that had just crashed. They should have evacuated immediately. That is a very dark stain on Delta and their crews. Not questioning the captain has led to thousands of deaths and that attitude is very dangerous. Air crews are supposed to work as a team. You are supposed to speak up if you think something is wrong.
And yet here we are debating a case where the Captain DID decide to evacuate, albeit, at the gate.
Originally Posted by
DCP2016
Yup, and this "mindset" is what led to many bad disasters, including Tenerife, Korean Air Cargo 8509, and Air France 447.
Originally Posted by
eastindywalrus
Non sequitur. A flight attendant not challenging a captain's decision to deboard an aircraft parked at the gate is
not going to result in a catastrophe of any sort whatsoever.
On top of that, I think it's silly to compare this case - a case where the Captain made a MORE CAUTIOUS and MORE CONSERVATIVE decision for passenger safety - to cases like Korean Air Cargo 8509 or the Tenerife disaster where it was the junior crew member in the cockpit who recognized something about the situation and their input would have been a more cautious or more conservative approach for safety.
Originally Posted by
LARobinson
There was no indication that this was an emergency, the captain implied that it was a comfort issue. I'm not positive on this but I think he even used the word comfort.
Which CAN become a safety issue. Maybe not for the aircraft while it's on the ground at the gate but it can for the passengers. Passengers could become dehydrated, overheat, etc.