Originally Posted by
fantom
That was not sent by an operating pilot, in my opinion.
Who was on that FD?
The ITV news (UK) tonight stated that it was the FO that made the RT calls.
As I said before, we know that the FO did not follow proper procedures with respect to smoking and access to the cockpit so there is no reason to suppose that his RT procedures were any more correct.
The Airline clearly would not want to admit that the inflight culture was as lax throughout the company but the actions of that FO suggest otherwise. I would expect in due course an enquiry will hear from other aircrew about the culture in the cockpit.