Can anyone answer my question about the PF in AF447....Pierre-Cedric Bonin.
It is often mentioned that he was a glider pilot. So am I. And glider pilots are commonly intensively trained to recognise and recover from unusual attitudes. Did Bonin hold any FAI certificates at all? where did he do his gliding? and how many hours and qualifications did he have in unpowered flight? I am not clever enough to discover the answers....perhaps someone who understands the French systems can help?