While we are at it, and it seems to be the latest great idea of many of you out there is to have a third crew member who is a combination of:
a. The holder of an ATPL with a type rating.
b. A qualified loadmaster.
c. A qualified fire-fighter.
d. A qualified paramedic.
e. A F/E who can even fix the toilet (when he is doing none of the above).
Can I suggest that this extra chap (or chapess) is also qualified to give the last rites in at least five of the world's major religions?
I really, really seriously doubt that the presence of a third crew member on this aircraft would have made a blind bit of difference.
The outcome would have been three deaths instead of two.
I just thank God that I wasn't on that flight deck and I am sure that our two professional comrades did their very, very best in the circumstances.