Ken
Speaking generally, and not commenting on this particular case, that is not
necessarily so. The co-pilot might well have been qualified to do so, but
you could expect the captain to be more capable in an emergency, especially
a strange one. The co will have fewer hours and might well be fresh out of
training with few aircraft hours.
Chris
On Thursday, 25 August 2011, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> And I think that the captain was away from the flight deck, or am I
> thinking of another instance?
>
> Most likely, but not an issue. On the long trans-atlantic flights like
that,
> it is not unusual to have two crews, with the primary captain taking the
> final shift. Doesn't matter, since everybody on the flight deck is fully
> capable of flying the airplane blindfolded from either seat.
>
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