Originally Posted by jcjeant
If you native language is french you know certainly that is not concerning something on the panel
How would he know that the aircraft is going down beside looking at the variomètre? Everybody in the cockpit seems to have been totally focused on it and this is certainly understandable.
So yes, it may be addressed to the gauge (figurative), hence the aircraft, hence not the PF. Seriously, would you have any doubt about their stress level with such a high sinking rate with so few altitude left?
Such kind of talk to the machine is pretty common on CVRs.
There is another passage with a possible double meaning:
- 2 h 11 min 06 "(…) il vient ou pas"
a) ... is he comming or not? (the captain)
b) ... is she doing it or not? (the aircraft related to imputs applied)
I'm closer to the second sense.