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Not an aviator, but planes can & do fly with malfunctioning noncritical components all the time. I don't know whether the PA system is considered critical or no
by maxbond 4y ago
Not an aviator, but planes can & do fly with malfunctioning noncritical components all the time. I don't know whether the PA system is considered critical or not, but it also didn't appear to be nonfunctional; the article said the pilots were able to use it & that their signal appeared to have a higher priority.
I don't know if this is true or not either, but I don't think we can reject it on it's face.
- copperx 4y agoI have a friend who was a flight attendant for the oldest Mexican airline, and she indeed told me how sometimes, when there's a critical system malfunction before a flight, often managers call the pilots privately and offer a bribe to fly the plane with that malfunction. The pilot can refuse the offer without any problems or losing the job, but it's a bit scary to think that's there's corruption at that level. Fortunately, planes are extremely robust and somehow Mexican airlines have an excellent safety record.