Originally Posted by
block30
Original poster- great question! Maybe there needs to be more defined company procedures for both pilots and FAs to handle these situations. This situation seems both common enough AND serious enough to warrant planning and that general procedures are established. Also, my mom was non revving last week when when a pax ran to the lav on final. So I was wondering the same thing.
This is probably the most reasonable post. If the FAA is on board and this happens, what are you going to do? What are you going to do if they are not? What if one of those "almost impossible" scenarios comes true? You end up having bet your career on just "ignoring it", it won't end well. It's ridiculous because the regulations are not written better and company policy is not better, but it is what it is. Going around IS the right thing, as long as it's safe. If it's safer to land, that's an "emergency", and you need to state that, because that's what it takes to operate contrary to regulations. It could go both ways, but what you can't do is just "ignore it".