Originally Posted by
Zenofzin
There’s no easy fix I’m sure, but I recently had a dispatcher on the jumpseat and the reasons he told us guys were refusing planes were amazing, like no acars for example. I had an fo from Denver to pdx who thought we should refuse the plane because our APU was on MEL, another with apubleed MEL thought we should refuse the plane because of light snow at the airport. I spent 5 years flying a plane with no APU in some pretty sh&t weather. Nobody is asking anyone to risk safety and our company always stresses safety above all else. But Jesus there a reason we carry an MEL
I could think of reasons to refuse for an inop acars. There are circumstances imo, where the lack of an apu is unacceptable as well. Good for you if you're willing to accept the MEL in it's totality. Many are not and should not be criticised.
If an FO has an issue with a deferral and willing to speak up, I'm all ears. Everyone should be comfortable with the flight.