A couple of questions from an SLF
Apologies if these are dumb questions or have been answered before:
The BEA statement is silent on several points, presumably in order not to apportion any blame before publication of the main report in due course. One such omission is discussion of the crew's awareness of the approaching bad weather, and whether to change course. They did know they were heading towards an an area of turbulence before the captain went on his break at 01.55, but they did not decide to deviate. Would the two co-pilots have any indication after that that the storm was particularly severe? Would they have the authority to change course without consulting the captain? Would they be reluctant (more than, say a BA or Lufthansa crew) to wake him and ask to change course? Would these discussions be answered by the CVR?