I find it interesting that many posters have mentioned that the Cathay crew would have been fatigued after a long flight. I have seen similar reasoning on other threads where crews have made mistakes.
Assuming they were within their crew duty times can we really excuse the mistake by saying they were tired?
I know what it’s like to be fatigued but surely the regulations and our best practice should prevent it from causing problems such as this.
If crews are routinely making mistakes due to fatigue then maybe the rules need to be changed.
I realise I am putting the cat amongst the pigeons here but I do love a good debate.
BV