AA62,
Thanks for sharing that tale of days gone by, and thanks for confirming the fact that the "miscreant" was indeed a member of Aircrew and not a Ground Tradesman or an AGE. I believe that I may have heard of this happening, many moons ago, but the tale I heard was a little different. What I heard was talk of an ALM of "sub continent" extraction who had pulled the control cables, in flight, during a route leg that was over his homeland. It was suggested that the crew performed a precautionary landing, as a result of the undemanded control input, and the ALM spent a week on the ground, with his relatives, as techies were delivered and tests were carried out. Is it possible that what I was told was a much modified version of your facts. Or was there another incident ?
Smudge
