Originally Posted by HN39
based on the entirely arbitrary assumption that the pilots observed the departure in pitch, v/s and altitude and discussed it
- not 'arbitrary, HN, logical? Many people on this forum need to separate themselves from the 'journo crap baby pilot' stuff - we have here two adult, qualified, intelligent pilots trained and checked by a major airline and I find it incomprehensible that such an excursion would not have been noticed and commented on. Certainly in my experience anyway PNF would have challenged what was happening - perhaps not in yours?