ENOUGH!
I have no doubt this has been raised in past 38 (39??) pages BUT:
- IF loadsheat to crew was acurate;
- IF pax numbers were about right;
- IF fuel was unaltered from briefed flight plan
then for the PIC at least to not have IDEA of what the T/O figure should be, let alone the F/O to have some idea should be just...unacceptable.
I say this only as I presently operate as a foreign PIC where if anything screws up I, yes, I (me, me,me) will go to gaol (jail) - not the F/O, dispatcher, manager, owner or any other prick.
Me - and me alone!
The heroics and ability from the crew to "rescue" the disaster is admirable.
The fact that the same crew actually PLACED the aircraft in the disaster situation?????
(And before the obvious comments... yes I screw up every day in small ways, I would hope that reveals constant, ongoing weaknesses in human nature - and so I don't make the sort of massive, stupid f**kup these guys made.)
Just a thought.
Cheers galdian