Man in back:
I'd like to think that was me! ( I left and went to a US Major carrier )
Buuuut.....if it was me, the pilot flying was a very, very, very skilled Canadian called Capt Eric Matheson. The Typhoon was Kent. Eric did the most amazing crosswind approach and landing I have ever seen, and we were the last a/c in. Flew it like it was on rails. The runway appeared out of the side window ( of the L-1011 !) in torrential rain and xxkts of wind.
Which brings me to my point: sadly, Eric has left, too. He now flies his F-1 racer at Reno. A natural,as we used to say in the Air Force......
More will go, if Cathay don't wake up and sniff the fresh air. Very sad.....still some of the best aviators in the business, and worth A LOT MORE.