Originally Posted by
Cofyknsult
What does this exactly mean ? Was there a problem or not, was it debated and was its seriousness challenged ? Since when do pilots air their technical grievances in public ? The whole thing sounded and looked like a personal conflict between the individual pilot and ???, maybe some kind of militant union work to rule conflictual behavior.
I'm sure there are things on an aircraft that can be subject to judgement, for example hydraulic leaks. I remember an MD-11 flight I was on being cancelled for a nose wheel hydraulic leak and watching out the gate window while the pilots and DFW engineers discussed the problem - it was clearly not an open and shut case. No hydraulic system will ever be totally loss free, but how do they decide when a leak is bad enough to pose a real risk? In the end I believe the pilot can say "I'm not flying that thing".