Originally Posted by
AirRabbit
There is a rather large international operator of Airbus aircraft whose very experienced instructor cadre are absolutely convinced that the pilot on board this aircraft was also on board the aircraft that landed and skidded off the runway at Toronto in 2005.
Even if it was true, what would it prove ?
It was an A340 that skidded off the runway in 2005 and we can read in the BEA report that Marc (the AF 447 captain) qualified to fly A340 in 2007:
"Qualification de type Airbus A340 obtenue le 9 août 2007" (p. 15). Hence it was not the AF 447 captain. The 37 yrs old AF 447 copilot whose name is not known was certified on A340 in 2002 (he had many more flights on A330/A340 than the CPT) but he is obviously not the F-GLZQ captain who had first flown on his own on a glider on the 1st dec. 1963 (Toronto report), nor the F-GLZQ copilot who joined Air France in 1985 (should also be well over 40 yrs in 2009)
Jeff
sources:
Le Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada - RAPPORTS AVIATION - 2005 - A05H0002
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2009/f-cp...cp090601e1.pdf