I am remined when, some time ago, SaudiArabian took delivery of their first A300-600, two FD crew.
Sitting in the obs seat on one flight deadheading to join my assigned L1011 flight, during the cruise, an overheat warning in annunciated on the ECAM, and the Airboos instructor pilot in the RHS, selects the appropriate page, only to find the ECAM suddenly goes 'dark'.
'Not to worry', says he, as he picks up the big thick ops manual, 'we find the solution here'............whereupon, the binder flips open, and all 293 pages fall to the FD floor.
Says he...'its times like this we wish for the Flight Engineer'.
I had no comment whatsoever, but could not stop laughing for at least five minutes.
