I was a brand new "Third pilot", or CM3 (Crew member N.3), from 1970 to '72 in Alitalia.. there was no "Flight engineer" in the company Caravelle SE210 flight crew set-up on those years... The duties were basically to operate the landing gear and flaps, checking the overhead panel, the side electrical panel and monitoring the fueling on ground... once in a while we got a "sector"... my first one was Rome-Genoa... we were approaching GOA while I was still busy on fixing the seat-belt for...take off... But I did make some improvements since then...
