John Tullamarine said;
Equally, we can find examples where an ill-disciplined three man crew performed rather indifferently.
i was thinking of a BA VC10 on which all four engines went terribly quiet one day in the cruise...HKK - BKK? ..rumour had it that the Capt and F/E were each fiddling with the engine settings without either realising they were both at it, or something like that....and didn't the BA VC10 fleet not use intercom because the F/E might interrupt a transmission?
The F/E, so the story went on, then performed a miracle getting one started using a drop down generator, then starting another from that, then another.....
Perhaps someone knows the real story of that incident? I don't claim accuracy. But it seemed to illuminate both sides of the 2 vs 2 + F/E argument.