Originally Posted by
ross_M
On the plus side, at least the guys in the front seats are alive this time around.
Four of them too, for added measure.
It is starting to look like there were only two pilots up front. The other two were likely sitting in the passenger cabin or the crew rest area. There have been numerous posts saying it was normal procedure for Asiana "Heavy" crew to sit in the back for landing and takeoff.
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cockpit crew at the time of the accident were Captain Lee Kang-kook (Hangul: 이강국; Hanja: 李江鞠), who had 9,793 flying hours, with 43 in the 777,[30] and Captain Lee Jeong-min (Hangul: 이정민; Hanja: 李鄭閔), who had 12,387 hours of flying experience (at the time of the incident) and 3,220 with the 777.[31]