Originally Posted by
sinala1
Forget: There is much more to CC's job than safety during take-off and landing. Inflight medical emergencies, inflight fires etc - these are all part of the safety aspects of the role of CC.
Very true but only a few of the crew were injured, thus I'm sure the remaining crew would've been able to deal with whichever incidents arose. If not I'm sure alternative arrangements would've been made.
Originally Posted by
sinala1
What type of A/C crewed this flight, and how many crew do BA usually have on said type?
777 at present there would be 11 crew operating the flight so even if 3 members of crew were injured there would still be enough crew onboard to operate based on min crew numbers. It can be further reduced as you only need 1 crew member per 50 pax so 6 members of crew would suffice ( I know there are a vast number of variables to concider but it is possible)