Originally Posted by
Guppydriver95
Exactly. When we start thinking of flights as missions, we attach non-existent importance to them. We’ll waive the contract to do it. We’ll accept questionable MEL’s to do it. We may push through fatigue issues to get it done. Bottom line, as has been previously stated, we do NOT fly missions. The military mindset is completely inappropriate and often unsafe wrt civilian ops. Some just can’t let it go, however.
Y’all have some pretty low opinions of your co-workers. Do you really think they’re susceptible to errors in execution of their duties based on nomenclature like “mission”? My mission every time I go to Costco is to try leave without too much Nutella. Haven’t hurt anyone yet.