Conjugal flying
I flew from Southampton to Glasgow yesterday with BA Connect, and the captain came on before we took off to introduce himself and the First Officer - his wife! I was wondering, from a safety perspective, are there any dangers in this? My first thought was if the plane crashed, it could leave children without parents. Also, what if the couple were going through a bad patch and were furious with each other? Wouldn't that undermine concentration in the cockpit? Or alternatively, if they were going through a particularly good patch, they might be irresistable to one another on the more boring sections of the flight!