Originally Posted by
3 Holer
''.....................in the face of deteriorating weather, with five or six extra people in the cockpit causing some distraction during the critical period.''
You sound so much like ampan.
The day you get nine (9) adults in the cockpit of a DC10 during a critical stage of flight (your assumption, as the crew is not here to dispute), I will stand naked in Queen Street on a Saturday morning!
The irony is that that wouldn't lower the tone of Queen St. terribly much.
I think the "five or six extra people" refers to the fact that the cockpit door was open, and people were milling around.