I was struck by the "brief" briefing when the aircraft commander left for a break. I heard no clear assignment of who was really in charge and who was simply flying at the time. Could be an AF standard procedure and such, I don't know. But I would prefer to have the duties and such clearly briefed.
Thanks Gums. I had wondered about that before. A 40 second handover (between PNF entering and Captain leaving) seemed extraordinarily brief. Especially in view of weather and recent discussion about max altitude.
I am also curious about this extract from the CVR
0 h 58 min 07
Captain Try maybe to sleep twenty minutes when he comes back or before if you want
PF Yeah ok that’s kind, for the moment I don’t feel like it but if I do feel like it yeah
Is Dubois really saying he was happy for PF to have a doze while Dubois was having his rest period? Surely I am misunderstanding this.