To follow on from a few previous posts (and will require input from Emirates pilots as the ones in the know);
- there were 4 qualified, paid-as-professional pilots in the flight deck, yes??
- Emirates as procedure (and legally as per their rules and regs) expects the additional crew to sit there, shut up and do/say nothing??
- do Emirates P&P manuals/Ops manuals have any directions/notations about qualified crew, if not operating but in the cockpit during prep and takeoff, having no part or, more importantly, being forbidden from ever speaking as they are not the "official crew" for that portion of the flight??
- do Emirates P&P manuals/Ops manuals require the PIC/Captain as part of his total crew brief to tell augmenting crew, who are seated in the cockpit although they are only augmenting crew (augmenting the take-off?? just how exactly??) to sit down and shut-up...just in case they say something that resonates and turns a possible disaster into an oversight that was corrected...but might create a duty limit problem??
Just asking - and not that evil word 'RESPONSIBILITY' anywhere insight until 4 words ago!
GMDS - love your "sublime wisdom" lead-ins, go over the top of some in general, over the top of most yanks, damn fine job there!!
