the ol “bah, ive flown in a lot worse than this...just leave it to me”.....
A friend of mine who now flies for a major airline used to work for a private airline that flies celebrities.
When you fly for a major airline they back you up if you decide that it’s too dangerous to take the plane up. No passenger, celebrity or not, is going to overrule the pilot.
It’s a whole different situation with a small private service that caters to the rich. And the smaller the airline the more that they feel the pressure from their elite passengers.