Originally Posted by
Wannabe Flyer
More importantly and this is an answer a MH crew member would give as to what is the protocol followed by that carrier when one of the crew leaves the deck for a leak....
This a question I have been asking from the outset and no one, as far as I know, has come up with an answer.
We know the FO had invited passengers on to the flight deck.
Based on that I would expect either:
a. Someone to admit that the FO had done this frequently.
b. Admit that several pilots did this from time to time.
c. Admit the company knew the FO had done this and issued him a formal warning.
d. Deny they knew the FO had done this.
e. Admit the door was left open routinely when one left the flight deck.
f. Deny the door was left open routinely when one left the flight deck.
Now I don't hold with the conspiracy theorists but this is a strange thing that as far as I know MAS has made no such statement.
g. We might also ask he the Captain and FO flown together previously? We know the FO was a recent convert to the 777 so we may deduce that any previous flight together was either in the distant past (737) or recently (777).
Now that is a conspiracy of silence or just plain lack of thought.