forgive me nick thomas I was speaking in pilot slang...I realize that we are separated by a common language but I am assuming (possibly incorrectly) that my fellow pilots are the ones reading this forum.
I watched engineers who were so interested in talking about the engineering of the plane (while they were pilot handling) that they lost track of their airspeed and approached the stall (aerodynamic stall that is) and I had to remind them TO KEEP THEIR SPEED UP; (up , meaning in a safe range)>
And while they were under the hood (simulating instrument flight) they were speaking of engineering so much that they LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS and turned the wrong way on the BACK COURSE OF A LOCALIZER and were proceeding in the direction of a LARGE FRICKING MOUNTAIN RANGE...I again spoke up correcting their error.
I do hope this clarifies...we don't speak as if we are talking to the Queen...we speak like we are talking to fellow PILOTS.
NO, they weren't allowed to hit the mountain or stall the plane...I stopped them. Again, speaking in a manner that a pilot who has flown for many years might speak to a fellow pilot of similar background.
May I translate anything else for you?
And yes, maybe the first officer did crash the plane...but it is my opinion the plane failed the crew, the crew didn't fail the plane.