Back to the 'what if', 'maybe they were ?' 'Poster "claims" ' , etc. BOAC you are right in stating that we know very little & I wonder how much more the Courts knew ? Bubs, I am doing it now (!); if the crew were in contact with control & discussing the situation, they might have responded to Control asking them to "try " this or "try" that to resolve a developing situation. That can lead to all sorts of non-normal switch positions and failure to re-configur after resolution was not effected.
My input was more to demonstrate to our Lawyer associate that once in the leagal arena, Lawyers can have a field day with words like "routine" .
Don't you love it when they come out with stuff like " Is it not true.........?" ! No disrespect intended Conetts.