Originally Posted by
LateralFlyer
But whether it be a Chief Pilot, Director of Operations, Fleet Manager, VP of Flight or Santa Clause...once the words "PIC/Captain Authority" or "safety of flight" are spoken, the conversation is over. Every single time.
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Now I'm not sure you actually work for an airline. The facts are, in the real world, you can't just say "No Jews on my airplane ... PIC/Captain Authority ... conversation over".
Or "No Negroes on my airplane ... PIC/Captain Authority ... conversation over".
It should be an obvious thing, but as I have said over and over and over, the company decides who rides on their machine and if you exercise "authority" counter to it, you better have a damn good reason.
The skipper is in charge of the boat, but that doesn't grant blanket authority do anything he wants, and just saying "conversation over" doesn't work outside of fantasy-land.