EasyJet Captain asks passengers to vote if they should take off.

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Pop quiz hot shot… If your pilot comes on and asks the passengers to vote for takeoff since there is a 50/50 chance the engine will work, what do you do? You cannot make this stuff up… I searched but could not find one so I hope this is not a duplicate.

Passengers on an easyJet flight were horrified when the pilot asked them to VOTE on whether to take off - as there was only a “50/50 chance” of both engines working.The stunned holiday-makers were on the tarmac at Malaga airport, Spain, when the pilot asked for a show of hands as to whether they should take off.

The unnamed pilot told passengers there was a high chance that only one engine would be working.But the request - which came after the flight had already been delayed for 40 hours - left one exhausted passenger so traumatized that he threw up.

The tourists were supposed to fly to Bristol on Thursday (June 8) but finally boarded a plane on Saturday (June 10) in a state of relief - until the pilot told them he could not start one of the engines.Still at the boarding gate, the pilot came out of the cockpit to explain the situation - and asked for a show of hands.

Read the article for more…

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/horror-on-bristol-easyjet-flight-as-pilot-says-there-s-only-a-50-50-chance-of-engines-working/story-30383596-detail/story.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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I saw this. It doesent seem believable though as it’s not professional at all. Poor Bristolians…

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Pilot is an absolute lad for this 😂

But yeah bad practice n all

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I don’t think it’s probably quite what the media is making it out to be. Strange though.

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Which way would you have voted?

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Oh wow, almost seems like fake news! But pretty sure it’s not 😉

Not sure the pilot should of done that

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It must have been Dale or RAH. Even then I think they are 1000% more professional but you could have influenced them 😂

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I’ve had US flights delayed because of a backup indicator light bulb was out. No votes taken… I do agree that there is more to the story but they have a lot of witnesses on the voting part.

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I would get up and ask the flight attendant for permission to open an emergency door and evacuate due to a crazy Pilot.
JK
I would be interested

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I don’t think he’s crazy, they were stuck there for a couple days so he was wondering if they just wanted to get home even if it wasn’t very safe.

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Get that captain a medal.

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That’s not professional at all. The captain shouldn’t ask passengers questions like this one.

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That would still be an insanely dangerous and or risky chance to be taken overall either way.

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It wouldn’t of mattered to me if the pilot was joking or not. I would of been the first off that flight. With the recent incidents where pilots lost control of themselves. I wouldn’t take that chance.

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Don’t know if I should laugh or 😑 at the pilot’s comment

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Exactly, ask that flight attendant permission to evacuate

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In my opinion it’s one of those situations where it was a joke gone too far.

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Okay, so:

1- It is probably against FAA policy for the captain to ask the passengers to vote about something regarding the safety of the aircraft.
2- Who would vote “yes”? Who would be that dumb?

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I think the pilots should be the one who take the decision. As the pilots are the ones who know if the aircraft can safely landed at Bristol and more than 100 passenger lives are in their hand.

If they knew that the chances of getting the problem is pretty high. They should have abandoned their takeoff instead risking their passenger lives

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If the majority was yes then I would evacuate

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