Originally Posted by not_a_charger

Additionally if you admit that you can’t see, and declare an emergency to have the people on the ground to help you get safely back where you’re going, you can lose your job that you have worked your entire life to earn for putting yourself in that position in the first place.


And there is also the "star" factor, famous/wealthy passengers have a way of distorting pilots good judgement, even sometimes without speaking a word.

The list is long.

Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.