And to think it could all have been avoided with some choice words in the Captain's ear from a professional Flight Engineer
Tyro/exeng - do you think it would have made any difference? I understand there were 'choice words' from the F/O!
I grant it would have been easier to overpower him and restrain him in his seat with 2
To the experts: Whatever 'exotic' programmes there beasties do or do not have, and regardless of whether it was working on 'programmed fuel burn' or 'actual', would it not have shown a decreasing amount at planned destination and eventually 'not enough'? That surely is the change that focusses our minds.