Originally Posted by
Thunderbird4
Actually what is surprising is that he lost his seat given that a certain TC managed to keep his ratings after the ORD cargo fire debacle. What is worse - exceeding a limitation of the aircraft and not reporting it or skipping an item in an emergency checklist to satisfy the commercial side of the operation?
The ORD fire was handled as best was thought possible at the moment. The limitation exceedence was small I believe. I believe it was said that the step in the emergency checklist was not significant.