Originally Posted by
guadaMB
There's something that puzzles me.
All over the Planet Earth it's being mentioned Mrs. Tammie Jo Shults as "the hero pilot, bla, bla,bla".
But listening to the radio exchange (brief and complete ones) between ATCs, TWR & AC, there's one thing very clear: THE PIC DURING ALL THE DESCENT WAS F.O. Mr. Darren Ellisor.
Mrs. Shults was in charge of radio and -surely- checklists while Mr. Ellisor was PIC descending and later aligning for a visual long final.
I've got not clear if Mr. Ellisor was PIC at the moment of the engine failure.
I'm not clear about anything you assert.
The PIC signs the release and is the PIC for the entire flight . Also there is a PF and PNF. As to who flies, that is determined by the PIC for the entire flight.
Who talks on the radio depends on the situation and is, alas, also determined by the PIC. It could be anybody. It could be the jumpseater.
(Pilot In Command)
That is the way it was done where I come from----back in the day.
Is it done differently anywhere?