Originally Posted by
Just This Once...
Indeed he did. Presumably he was playing with it rather than indulge in trivia such as completing the after take-off checks. He was most unappreciative of the nav's actions that undoubtedly saved his life. The nav suffered a broken back so spent quite a while in hospital.
To be fair JTO that's not how it comes across in his book... "(he) had ejected us both from the stricken jet. He had certainly saved my life".
No sour grapes there, at least not in print.