Originally Posted by
A320LGW
Surely if anybody is to sue it would be the captain’s family?
He was entirely failed by the company in that they provided him with a colleague who’s poor skill (that was assessed as being adequate by somebody in Atlas) actually killed him.
Well perhaps, but why did the Captain not take control? It seems that the Captain just sat there and watched the F/O dive and crash the plane? I have to say that, from the CVR transcript, both these pilots do not sound to be exactly on top of things generally. There is 8 seconds after GA is pressed before Captain says anything, and even then it is "what's going on?"
If the F/O had been perfectly competent but had had a seizure or other such rapid onset medical issue, the Capt would have had to take control, so why not in this case?