Originally Posted by
avi8orco
And everyone are “equals” and in their eyes have equal authority. FA IOE instructor working in the back once told me that I have to divert when I told them of a problem with the plane that was a non-issue. Thinking back I should have just shut my mouth and not bothered tell them. We were over the Atlantic with nothing but barely inhabited Bahamian islands going by on the way to SJU. You can imagine how that went.
I’ve got one better. In the middle of a divert because of a suspected stroke I had a FA call and tell me that I didn’t have to anymore and I should continue to destination.