Originally Posted by
gearlever
No, not three crew members. Two pilots and a maintenance engineer. Somewhere I read the engineer was not qualified for 737max, but that's not for sure I guess.
Do you have more details on that? The original Bloomberg article said pilot, and I've missed any correction.
Original Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-later-crashed
As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing Co. 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit.
Recent Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...-pilot-errors/
Since Boeing hadn’t informed airlines or pilots about MCAS, the captain and his first officer didn’t understand what was happening. But they were lucky in that a third pilot, another Lion Air first officer, was along for the free ride, sitting in the jump seat in the cockpit.