Originally Posted by
jcjeant
You make me remember that "Der Spiegel" had used "baby pilot" for the PF Seem's they had good informants as the BEA report show now that it was the youngest pilot as PF during the event
You say that, but that "baby pilot" was the same age in 2009 as I am now, so in fact was 2 years older than me.
In a lot of cases, age and experience help, but in pressure situations sometimes the reaction can be almost random. As I said in the R&N thread, the Birgenair PF, a senior captain and ex-military pilot, was also unable to read the situation he was put in, with the same result.
Gums, that link was to the earlier report. As yet there is no English version of the 3rd (current) report, which is why we're lucky to have people on here who can help translate for us.