Originally Posted by
anchorhold
Dibdab, the way I read it, this flight it was single crew, making the person in the left hand seat not part of the operating crew, if she was I might have concerns. The fact she is an accomplished fixed wing pilot in her own right has no bearing on this flight, if she is not part of the crew component she is listed as PAX, hence that is the way the police will have listed her.
The emphasis in the BBC news report on "Passenger" in notable, not used for the other occupants. I wonder if this term came from the AAIB, as I have encountered them emphasising "Passenger" in another situation.
Was she in uniform ? The Sun newspaper has a photo of the two of them together in a flight deck in uniform.