Not true, if the aircraft was not safe then it would not have been flying, it would have been put in a state of ‘tech’ and repaired at Palma. Aircraft fly everyday with minor issues which are not repaired until the aircraft is back at an appropriate base where the repair can be made in the most cost effective way. ONLY if the problem is deemed dangerous will the aircraft not be permitted to fly, and these things are so tightly controlled by the CAA that the airline would not have operated the service in anything but a fit to fly state.
On your second point, they are not to know whether it is safe or not, that’s why they are not pilots/aircraft mechanics/operations managers, you have to trust in the airline and the regulatory system. Again, refer to my point at the top, a certain type of traveller perhaps on board?? (sorry mods…of course I’m only kidding :rolleyes::diablo:)
I think that we all have to understand that most of the gereral public know very little about how the planes systems function and why they are loaded in certain ways for balance, trim etc etc.
On this board we all know that little more as it is our interest or job in some cases so we are in a better position to understand more what is been said to us.
As stated before it seems to me that this could have been handled much better by the representatives of the airline and maybe explained in a way in which the passengers would not be worried something may occur.
We have to remember that most do not read forums to explain why accidents occur but they read the press and watch the news which gives a different impression. Lets face it I guess the tragic loss of the Air France plane is still fresh in the minds of most.
I am not saying they should have boycotted the flight bu maybe with the way it was descibed to them it may have been a panic reaction??
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