Have the courage to not take off.
Kudos to that US Airways captain for refusing to takeoff and stay put until everyone got on the same page.
I recall in a CRM training they asked the class what would you do if the captain wanted to take off and you thought it was unsafe. Various answers and one person said "I'd hold my feet on the brakes to prevent moving" to which the trainer said yes - that's the right answer.
So many tragedies could have been averted if people just sat the fck down.
If shit doesn't feel right, just chill until it does.
However, landing is eventually assured.
Chuck Yeagar
As the old old saying goes, better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there wishing you were down here.
the fuel in the fuel truck,
the altitude above you,
the runway behind you,
and a tenth of a second ago.
Every last piece of it.
or:
You're flying the plane until you take the key out of the ignition.
Doesn't matter how deep a hole you need to dig to get it.
Well, I guess the Swiss cheese worked.
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"This is the problem right here. You have a controller who, according to everyone who has worked with him from the last facility where he washed out and now AUS, say has no business being a controller and they can't fire him because he files EEO complaints habitually. And yet you have people trying to push another agenda entirely with the 6 day work weeks and fatigue, which this event has nothing to do with."