Armchairflyer, "my bad" as the youngsters say these days. I got confused with the fact that there were two kids in the cockpit. In fact they both took turns to sit in the LHS (1st the Captain's daughter, then his son). F/O was indeed in his seat but fully aft and not paying much attention (i.e. monitoring) it seems. He wasted precious seconds readjusting his position (with difficulty) trying to reach the controls whilst the Captain was trying to regain his seat. All in all a complete ba**s up due to a lack of awareness. What I'm saying is that on those occasions when I sat up front, I was aware that the remaining pilot was in full control.