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43Inches
In general the pilot flying manipulates the primary flight controls and power levers. As that will take the most attention the pilot monitoring 'monitors' flight path as well as operates ancillary controls and radios etc when called for by the PF. This also means any call for flaps, gear etc can be checked by both pilots as both pilots are involved in the operation. If you give the PM too little to do they tend to get distracted as well.
Thank you. Looks like the call for flaps didn't get monitored too well here. In this case there seems to be an odd isolation/disconnect between them. Not sure how the pf recognised no thrust but did nothing about it. As a non pilot it is a surprise how quickly a situation can deteriorate to unrecoverable. Thanks again.