Originally Posted by
FinsToTheLeft
A friend of our is a Delta FO. The final no-go authority rests with the pilot and the union will back them on the decision.
They want ant to go home to their families at the end of the day as much as you do and won’t risk that.
Well-said.
From day one of pilot training (I can attest) the following Federal Air Regulation is emphasized
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/91.3
§ 91.3 Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command.(a) The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
That is not an authority that any pilot takes lightly. If the pilot considers a landing attempt unsafe, she/he has the backing of the Federal government not to attempt it.