Rananim: -
...and re-thinking the no TAKEOFF/LAND policy for co-pilots...
If this is truly the case, would you like to start a new thread on this? This one would be great.
And returning to this thread, I don't think the safety of the aircraft would have been compromised by this action any more than by leaving the seat empty. We are also assuming it probably would not have been permitted by the company's own regulations. But having said that I'm going to look at my own company's rules... and guess what there is nothing to preclude
anybody sitting in one of our crew seats. Unless they are
remaining in the cockpit for the entire flight, when they have to sit in the Observer's seat. Now, I just wonder if Spice Jet's Ops. Manuals do actually preclude non-crew members from sitting in one of the pilot's seats?
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