Originally Posted by
md11pilot11
Listen, I know insurance has been the big talk. But we all here operate large machines for big companies. And I guarantee none of you would operate a flight that flew over Iran. So how many of these tanker captains are willing to put themselves, their crew, and their ships in harms way. I’m just throwing this out there.
I think you are very right to throw this out there. My company and I would imagine all of the companies that make up employers on this thread have the FAR 121.627 responsibility written into the FOM or equivalent. For those going to another tab to google, it is basically saying the the PIC cannot allow a flight to continue toward any airport for which it has been released if in the opinion of the captain the flight cannot be operated safely. Now I can tell you, having worked at JetBlue, the company really pushes the boundaries of that definition for every single flight to Port Au Prince……but I would Imagine a maritime equivalent exists for FAR 121.627.