I know we shouldn’t ever succumb to this pressure and pushback when possible to ensure safety of flight but let’s say it’s summer, you and your PIC delay the flight due to say TS at the destination or enroute, would higher ups consider just saying F it and cancel the flight entirely (in the computer system) at the 2 hour delay mark if it was shown that we could NOT launch within 3 hours? Would bridge teams treat it as the DOT3 rule and avoid it at all cost? I don’t and never will succumb to external pressure from higher ups or bridges but some airlines run their schedules so razed thin that even one cancel ruins the whole op for the day.