Originally Posted by
Matt48
Probably the worst thing you could have is a cockpit full of pilots.
Well, I think it is generally accepted that the third pilot on the Qantas A380 uncontained engine incident was extremely usefull in securing a positive outcome and bringing the aircraft safely down on a runway.
The same can be said about the third pilot in the cockpit on the first Lion Air Max incident with the MCAS runaway where also that aircraft was brought to a safe landing. Acording to reports it was input from the third pilot that possibly saved that flight.
The two other known MCAS malfunctions had only two pilots in the cockpit, and both crashed catastrophically.