"I am resigning from my job. Do not fly with this plane. It is not safe. Do not fly with Onur Air."

[ladybutterfly 0]

You should click on the link and read the few comments below the story from real life pilots. They all agree that what this pilot did was a good thing and ultimately he was putting the safety of the passengers above anything else. I say good on him!

[MPGGPM 0]

You should click on the link and read the few comments below the story from real life pilots. They all agree that what this pilot did was a good thing and ultimately he was putting the safety of the passengers above anything else. I say good on him!

Thank you to that poster (Sabaidee I believe?) who posted that link to that story regarding Onur Air's apparently horrible safety record, that they are being banned from landing in certain countries due to their record.

My wife is Turkish, and I've traveled to Turkey often. That airline is a popular one in Turkey, with a lot of recognition among trvael agents (I see banners for that plane just about everywhere).

Until now, I have really not known a thing about them. (We actually fly Delta to Turkey most often....and get sky miles:)

But I would have thought Onur Air was as safe as Turkish Airlines.

After this thread , I think they have definately lost at least one future customer. (When my wife finally gets her interview in Ankara for her I-130...you can be sure after what I have read, she won't be flying this airline from Istanbul to attend her interview.)

Sounds to me based on what I've been reading .....that pilot may have been saving lives, regardless of his motives and feelings.

[nayalamb 0]

i'm sure he could have done it in a way that didn't freak out those poor passengers!

i would be on some serious valium after an event like that!

[yogib37 3]

I was ona flight where one of the warnings in cockpit wouldnt go away... so they shut the entire plane down and basically did a computer reboot. warning light went away.... so did my confidence in that airline too

Standard Fix on the Airbus

if all else fails, shut the power off the plane and reboot it

I am a aircraft mechanic and worked on Airbus planes. Just of #######. Throw away planes

[Welshcookie 17]

I am glad he did what he did....

I mean seriously, I have to trust the pilot that flys the plane...I am sure he has a family and doesn't want to die either ....... so if he gets off and walks cos he thinks it isn't safe, then I am right behind him...literally

[Fandango 1,439]

I don't think that guy is a chopfcuk....don't think anyone would risk their whole career on a 'payback' stunt to walk out in such a dramatic fashion

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

I don't think that guy is a chopfcuk....don't think anyone would risk their whole career on a 'payback' stunt to walk out in such a dramatic fashion

me too!

[kirk and Jenny 0]

Have you ever been in a situation, where you are going to deal with major casualties? I have had too. I was working for the United States Government as an expert in fighting forest fires. In my tenure there, 1979-1989 no forest service employ burnt to death on fire. I 1986 the forest service instituted a hiring policy that was highly illegal and foreshadowed the death on fire of many. I brought this out to them; they would not listen. After every attempt to go through channels, I hit them where they deserved to be hit. In the crotch.

Check out what happened in forest fire after 1989. Many people burnt to death. For those who oppose what the pilot did, I wish that they fly with a pilot who will not tell them that the plane is unsafe. Very Darwinian as these people should not spread their atavistic genes and rancid chromosome into the gene pool.

[Lou Lou 1]

Standard Fix on the Airbus

if all else fails, shut the power off the plane and reboot it

I am a aircraft mechanic and worked on Airbus planes. Just of #######. Throw away planes

When I travel on an airbus I often wonder how they get off the ground. Scary machines!

[Fandango 1,439]

I'd fly with that guy as the pilot anyday!

[tmma 467]

I'd fly with that guy as the pilot anyday!

Me too!!!

It's not unheard of for a pilot to refuse to fly a plane he believes is not safe.

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

I'd fly with that guy as the pilot anyday!

Me too!!!

It's not unheard of for a pilot to refuse to fly a plane he believes is not safe.

me too!

[Fuzzness 2]

The Airbus is actually a very good plane, especially the A32X series. But like all aircraft, it requires maintenance. If the pilot thought the plane was unfit to travel with, then hell yeah he should refuse. However, he should have walked away as soon as the airline told him they would not fix the issues he was concerned about, rather than waiting until departure time with a plane full of people.

What he did was good, just not at the right time.

[almaty 19]

I don't think that guy is a chopfcuk....don't think anyone would risk their whole career on a 'payback' stunt to walk out in such a dramatic fashion

you sister, are naive...

[tmma 467]

The Airbus is actually a very good plane, especially the A32X series. But like all aircraft, it requires maintenance. If the pilot thought the plane was unfit to travel with, then hell yeah he should refuse. However, he should have walked away as soon as the airline told him they would not fix the issues he was concerned about, rather than waiting until departure time with a plane full of people.

What he did was good, just not at the right time.

Well, typically a flight crew arrives at the airport a couple of hours before scheduled take off. During that time he receives flight planning and weather briefs. He is also given the information and records of the equipment he is assigned to fly. He reviews that along with the First Officer; then once the plane is ready for his inspection they do their inspection and checklists both the exterior and inside the cockpit. Some of the checks are still ongoing as the passengers are boarding. We don't know exactly what was wrong with the plane here in question. As far as I can tell ( from my experience at work), it's not uncommon at all for issues to arise with the aircraft shortly before departure.

Again, in my experience with flight crews from airlines based all over the world; based on the information presented, the Captain did the correct thing; and maybe the timing of it was not of his choosing.

I don't think that guy is a chopfcuk....don't think anyone would risk their whole career on a 'payback' stunt to walk out in such a dramatic fashion

you sister, are naive...

Why so?