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...adding a second pilot in front in my view is more beneficial than adding a second engine in the back...
Except in this instance, absolutely guaranteed, if they had a 2nd engine they'd all still be alive. If they had a 2nd pilot - despite the obvious assumption that if they had 2 pilots up front then the fuel shut off value wouldn't have been accidentally closed by a passenger - they likely would have still ended up in the river with a half-arsed set of floats with the same end result.