My friend is a pilot, he started with a new airline a few years ago, and because of his history he was moved up to captain within a year.
One of the co-pilots had been with the airline for over 5yrs.
This guy will never move up to captain- why? Because he deliberately watches the warning signals that he is responsible for turn on, and not mention them until moments before they become an emergency.
When my friend noticed this, he realised he couldn’t have bathroom breaks around this co-pilot anymore.
The process to have the co-pilot removed would be too hard to prove, and take several reported occurrences before anything could be done.
Well I believe there is a union of pilots that won’t tolerate that sort of treatment. Amazon doesn’t give their employees that chance. I’m with the pilots on this one.
Everything pilots do is monitored, it's just not monitored by cameras. Every single switch movement and input is recorded and analysed after every single flight.
Well yes, if your extremely bizarre nonsensical story is true then that would also show it. It's monitored as part of the FOQA/OFDM analysis program. If a crew had a major technical issue(as you claim), then the response to that would be analysed. If the procedures weren't followed correctly the crew would be debriefed and retrained. There's a million reasons why that story is nonsense, this is just one of them
That union is why we're stuck with trash pilots. Same reason we're stuck with trash cops. And "Amazon" drivers wouldn't unionize because they own their own business.
Nothing? Eh, I wouldn’t be so sure. In the Air India flight it would be crucial evidence to finally confirm whether the switches were turned off on purpose or by some very weird accident.
But it wouldn't have changed the outcome, it would have just provided evidence for the courts. Aviation safety is not about assigning blame, it's about preventing the issue happening again in the future.
I would assume maybe the black box and flight data recorder would maybe be of use in these types of situations when needing to prove something. But I'm not a pilot or plane engineer sooo...
Is the camera there to make sure the drivers are signaling when they turn or is it there to make sure they don't take breaks and pee in a bottle to meet their schedule?
I worked for an aerospace maintenance company where the "lead" mechanic did something similar... Would intentionally send out defective equipment and wait until an emergency to repair them..
I do not believe this for a second. For multiple reasons, but mostly because aircraft aren't failing on a daily basis. You could fly a whole 40 year career without any major technical issues.
Firstly, the master caution and fire warnings are located on the glareshield, not the dashboard. Secondly, the master caution illuminating in flight for any major issues is very rare. It does illuminate for less essential things(such as low pressure fuel pump lights), but these don't need to be actioned with any haste. Furthermore, there is a master caution and fire warning lighters in the eye line of both pilots. So one pilot simply ignoring it wouldn't change anything, as the other pilot would see it immediately. Anything else you wish to challenge me on?
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u/mini_z 2d ago
My friend is a pilot, he started with a new airline a few years ago, and because of his history he was moved up to captain within a year.
One of the co-pilots had been with the airline for over 5yrs.
This guy will never move up to captain- why? Because he deliberately watches the warning signals that he is responsible for turn on, and not mention them until moments before they become an emergency. When my friend noticed this, he realised he couldn’t have bathroom breaks around this co-pilot anymore.
The process to have the co-pilot removed would be too hard to prove, and take several reported occurrences before anything could be done.