There is still much unknown about the crash of the Polish jet which crashed due to heavy fog at Smolensk. Some say that the pilots were pushed by the VIP passengers into taking risks and this resulted in ignoring the warnings of the Russian air traffic controllers. Although, still no evidence for this scenario is found, it seems a good possible scenario.
The question that came up in my head when reading this article was: “If there were no VIP passengers on board of that plane, would the pilot also have ignored the warnings about the heavy fog?” I understand that ignoring the president can have a major impact on the career of the pilot. The president has the power to fire the pilot and this thought could have passed through the mind of the pilot. This interference is not proved (yet), so nothing can be said about this scenario. But from a moral perspective some critique is justified.
Morality’s prescriptions demand priority when you relate the three perspectives of morality, legality and business. They demand priority because their prescriptions are the only one to be categorized as categorical commandments. Morally relates to the relationship with others and makes sure that you have to look out for each other and not harm other people. Seen from this perspective the pilot acted wrong, because the question arises if the pilot considered the wellbeing of the passengers when he ignored the warnings of the Russian air traffic controllers. I answer this question with a ‘no’, because he tried to land anyway despite the heavy fog.
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Since I am a Pole myself, I know the topic thoroughly but no one came that easily to an answer that it was simply pilots fault. According to your comment about having VIP’s onboard, pilots from the very beginning are taught to treat every (even VIP) passenger with the same respect and that no influence can be given from them. The crew knew about upcoming catastrophe in the very last seconds and that is what black boxes prove so far. My question is it morally right to make assumptions after reading one article, assumptions that accuse Polish best pilots (those careers were already on top). Last but not least Russians warned about bed conditions, but there was no clear ban on landing (as normally is the case) and some work on the Smolensk airport lighting was done just after the crash which gives more questions.
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