Originally Posted by
Landflap
Denti : you are correct in affirming that the PIC is responsible but later, suggest passing the buck to the FMC provider. Can't pass the buck I suggest. Doesn't matter who is flying the aircraft and SOP's these days will often dictate that automatics are engaged. If P2 is handling and or automatjics are handling, PIC remains PIC and responsible.
In my view both can be correct. Of course the PIC is responsible, however, if something like a faulty database or aircraft performance can be found as a root cause, then you can go on and try to get your money back from them. Which in the swiss event my company did, got half a year of databases for free as compensation. Obviously, we pilots can not assure correct databases (apart from the correct date frame) or correctly patched flight computer software, we have to rely on others to make sure those are correct.