Originally Posted by
fisher22
What was only a rumor has now been confirmed by Mexican authorities, a new to the company First Officer flying as an observer was the pilot at the controls. Apparently he was undergoing training on the E-Jets, not yet type rated, regular non-training flight, captain wasn't qualified as instructor.
The three pilots involved have now been terminated
There's a possibility that things went as you tell, but...
Confirmed:
The third pilot was at the controls at the beginning of the TO procedure (not being known until what step of TO) and these were returned to the PIC.
What is assumed by the Mex authorities is that there weren't any waiver to make any training in that flight/AC.
Evidently all was under the carpet just to avoid the insurances waterfall but rumors made them to assume it (besides it was made almost buried by a lot of technical data in the preliminary report).
After being medical treated, pilots were under curfew.
The Spanish pax that made a complex evac of the PIC with the cockpit under fire intended to have a phone call with the PIC (the pax in Durango's hospital and the PIC in a Mexico DF hospital) and could only talk to an Aeromexico employee who said "the PIC was recovering from surgery, thanks".