Originally Posted by
flyerCO
Almost like youve never taken a law class. If a alert is the standard, it's no longer a warning.
Okay, I'll bite.
Lets see the data, actual data, that says this is the case. I'll wait.
Originally Posted by
cmd320
Of course, which is why I'm somewhat dumbfounded. If you're sitting there in 3 hours of light chop, at some point in that time period I may make the executive decision that we can turn the seat belt sign off for a bit given the actual ride does not match the forecast. A forecast is great, but they're quite often not very accurate and I would take into account the real world conditions as opposed to what was expected. If the iPad shows no icing and yet the airplane is icing up like a popsicle, do you leave the anti-ice off?
and then you cut the light out, hit heavy chop, someone (or multiple) people get hurt or worse...........and you just tossed your career right down the drain because you decide not to listen to the meteorologist who, at least at Delta, get paid very well to make that decision.
If the company tells the pilot to turn the light on and the pilot just "makes an executive decision" then that pilot won't be a pilot very long.
PS, the forecasts coming out of Delta's meteorology department are some of the best. Quite a few airlines pay Delta very well for Delta to do it for them.