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Originally Posted by White Out 403
On flights the pilot is certainly allowed to exit the cabin and go to the bathroom. They have this little procedure where the flight attendants form a bit of a barrier so that he can safely exit and close the door behind him. If the captain can leave to take a piss, he can certainly check on somebody who's dying in his care, ####ting himself to death
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Why would you trust a pilots medical opinion anyway? Flight attendants go through first aid training each and every year and are just as, if not more qualified than a pilot when it comes to anything medical related. I absolutely do not want the pilot of my plane walking to the back of the cabin to make a medical decision.
It's obviously horrible that someone died but as a former flight attendant, I can tell you that (at least when I flew) your job as cabin crew was to collect and relay information through the sat phone to the doctors on the other end and they, being actual, 3rd party medical professionals, were the ones who had the final decision whether to divert or not.