This is always the biggest crock.FICU wrote:We are paid based on having the responsibility of lives sitting behinds us... generally, the more lives in the back the more money you make. Non medical professionals don't have the responsibility we do.
A bus driver, subway driver, train driver all have the same "same" responsibility. The guy clipping people on, on edge walk (CN tower) is resposibile for lives. Probably more in a day than most pilots. We can look all over for people with responsibility for others lives.
Responsibility is a little misleading in the aviation field. The truth is, its an overwhelming desire of self preservation. I mean really when things go wrong on the airplane. Are you thinking oh my god i have 200 passengers? Or, are you thinking how am i going to land safely to survive ?
Survival instinct is 10 x stronger than responsibility,
Pleas don't use a line about being responsible for the people in the back. When shit hits the fan its all about self preservation.
Here is a tough but real world question. kinda Sophie's choice. Your flying along responsible for your passengers, you have an emergency. You are forced to land in a field. Just prior to touch down some almighty force gives you the option. You survive the landing and go home and see your family. But, to survive 1 passenger does not make it..Or the roles are reversed. What do you choose...If you say "i die" so passenger can live. Your a liar.