Originally Posted by
FlyingSpannerMan
Is it not possible that he didn't know what his own staff were doing, if indeed he was a 'world-away'?
FSM
FFS!!!
No, never, not a chance.
To answer your question (if it was a question & not a joke!
), Smith tries to control
everything crews do. Just ask any of the DC-10 crew how often the sat-phone used to ring with fresh 'instructions'. The idea of any of his employees acting without his knowledge is, I think, laughable.