Originally Posted by
parabellum
Thanks Whinging Tinny, that cancels out posts 671 and 672 (Methersgate and Julio747), both highly speculative.
Regarding Tenneriffe, both aircraft were torn to pieces and on fire inside and out with no possible chance of communication between any members of crew or PA to passengers.
Cancels out the posts? Nonsense! The plane and passengers were seconds from disaster, to coin a phrase.... No thanks to the indecisive crew.
So here's the thing. Some pilots like to conceptualise their own infallability, and by extension, the infallibility of all pilots.
Whereas smart pilots know that other pilots, like themselves, make mistakes.
I know which type I want up front. We are all human. Including pilots. That's why we write sops so when the **** hits the fan, you don't have to think. #2 and wing on fire >> out! Out! Done.