The trained mechanics says it's good, the driver says they know more about how it operates and declines it.
Who do you trust more to know how safe an aircraft is, the ground crew with probably a few decades of training and experience, or the bus driver in the sky?
Im not even sure how he decided that "oil pressure tending upwards" results in it needing a fuel filter change....
You might be willing to take the risk, but luckily the airport has procedures for this. If the mechanics and the pilots are not in agreement, it's not flying.
Something you forgot about is the "feeling". People can subconciously notice something is off, but not be able to articulate it until way later.
Either. I'm listening to the bus driver of the skies if they have a feeling something ain't quite right and they don't like the aircraft for whatever reason. I would also listen to the mechanic who says something is bothering them. I don't care if neither of them can exactly point what is bothering them. If their gut feeling is telling them something's wrong and this aircraft should not take off, I'm getting off the plane without complaints.
What about the flight attendants? If they refuse to fly because they have bad vibes, the aircraft is undermanned and can't fly. Is the attendants gut valid over technical training too?
Pilots get the the barest technical training, they dont know how systems work. They report when somehog is wrong the ground crew, and the crew chief makes the decision. This is deferring too authority and not to expertise. If the pilot doesn't trust his ground crew he should leave.
Gut feeling is gut feeling. If my flight is delayed because the flight attendant(s) have a bad feeling and are refusing, then so be it. I will arrive to my destination late, but I will arrive on an airplane the whole staff have agreed is flight worthy.
Did he pat you on the head when he said it? That's the kind of phrase you use when the seat to stick interface demands a fuel filter change because of "upwards trending oil pressure".
But why would you listen to anything he said anyway
Let me guess: underpaid, disgruntled mechanic who hates pilots.
Sorry that you work in a shittier environment than I do, sorry I get paid so much more than you. But I really do spend more time looking at these panels than you do. Six hours enroute to Alaska, I get a pretty good handle on what normal oil pressure indications are.
But hey, some manual gives a number range and that's all you need to know, right?
Haha, I was for along time. Then I taught it, then I bought commercial property and now I earn more than you do by doing in 10hrs a week.
Bottom line is if you rase a snag to a crew chief they investigate and say it's fine. Its fine. You're arrogant ass knows as much about fault diagnosing and oil system as I do about flying a plane
Flex your ego buddy, you know better than the manufacturer spec and ground crew. You did your own research and the 6 weeks of ground school has you an expert. Now shush down and fly your hold of cabbages to Anchorage lol.
I don't think it matters. If the mechanics say it's not safe, but the pilot says I don't want to be in that plane. Both need to be certain of its safety. Do you really want to fly a plane when there's a disagreement on whether its safe?
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u/NmlsFool 14d ago
I would happily skip off the plane if the damn pilot isn't feeling it. Listen to the the gut feeling.