LATAM upset SYD-AKL Mon 11 Mar

[IGh]

Cockpit Housekeeping & Pilot Ethics

I hate when "investigators" resort to "Human Factors"
to explain a "complex failure interaction".
But maybe sometimes there are such HF's.

We all recall the AA901 / 26June94 MD11 upset ntsb's id MIA94FA169
(co-pilot NOT seated in a "normal position",
with seat-aft, & legs-crossed heel-to-knee). Electric seat, visitor entered cockpit ... .
That's ONE red-flag for students of inflight upsets.

The other red-flag mentioned : Visitor-in-Cockpit (F/A).

Several pilots have mentioned PAX ethics (keep their seat-belt fastened)
Pilot-lessons : Cockpit Housekeeping
-- AA311 / 8Oct1947, DC-4, NC90432, Chuck Sisto upset,
taught us that cockpit occupants can unexpectedly interact with switches on the overhead panel (feathered engines).

Housekeeping, Pilot Ethics, "airmanship" from 2009